Telco Systems announced that its Ethernet demarcation and
aggregation products were chosen by Telefonica Argentina to create the telecom
network for Tecnopolis theme park which opened on July 15 in Villa Martelli,
near Buenos Aires.
The 124-acre technology theme park is part of Argentina’s
Tecnopolis Bicentennial Project for Science, Technology and Arts.
Telefonica was tasked by the Argentinean government to
implement a technological infrastructure to support the many science,
technology and art exhibitions at the park. The network supports multicast
video and music, Internet access and video surveillance applications that serve
the needs of the park operators and visitors.
We chose the telecom equipment for the network
carefully, knowing that it would be the technological heart of one of the most
important government projects in Argentina. After evaluating solutions from
several large equipment vendors, we chose Telco Systems to supply the
demarcation and aggregation devices,” said Andres Omar Persello, Area de
Administracion Operacion de RED of Telefonica,
We are using Telco Systems equipment in many of our
networks and as such we knew that it would support the quad-play service
requirement very well. As expected, Telco Systems’ support in this project
ensured that the turn-up went smoothly and professionally,” Persello added.
Using a single fiber-based infrastructure, Telefonica
designed an internal ring of five miles (eight kilometers) of optical fiber
with 35 nodes that cover more than 200 points within the park to offer
high-speed IP services.
The network supports voice, audio, video and 3G cellular
services through MoviStar, a major Spanish mobile phone operator owned by
Telefonica Moviles. The infrastructure also supports broadband internet access
throughout the park to over 3,000 users and video surveillance for park
security and lighting control.
We appreciate the opportunity to be a part of this
project which is important to the Argentinean government and its people,”
said Itzik Weinstein, CEO of Telco Systems.
Telco Systems T-Marc 300 was chosen as the termination
primarily because of its ability to multiplex multiple services over each port
of the device. Each service is configured with its own quality of service and
priority.
These devices are deployed in multiple rings which are
aggregated over the Company’s T5C-XG multilayer 10Gig aggregation switches.
Tecnopolis is an exhibition park that traces 200 years of
history of science and technology in Argentina and was developed in conjunction
with private business and industry and local universities.
The park is divided into 5 ‘continents’ – Earth, Water,
Air, Fire and Imagination where visitors can see the Phoenix capsule in which
the Chilean miners were rescued, visit a simulated nuclear power plant, journey
into the depths of a dam, and learn about advances in nanotechnology, water
purification, as well as space exploration.
Over 4,000 children a day are expected to visit the park
during the 38 day initial opening. A second phase of construction will then
begin and eventually Tecnopolis will be reopened as a permanent exhibition. The
project was launched in 2010 to commemorate the Bicentennial Year of the May
Revolution of 1810.
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
