CableRunner North America, LLC's new Flexible system has been used to extend high speed services for home, business and government use in Vienna, Austria.
The installation was added onto Vienna's existing city network that was initiated in 1999 and was built using the city's own CableRunner technology. The addition brings Vienna's total optical fiber infrastructure length to 400 km, housing nearly 20,000 km of fiber installs. This makes it one of the largest independent city networks in the world.
CableRunner North America is a public/private business venture part owned and operated by Vienna's Water and Sewer Department (Wien Kanal Abwassertechnologien GmbH - WKA). The company manufactures optical fiber.
CableRunner NA also says Vienna will launch the next phase of installation, called doc.net, that will connect 30 hospitals, most of the city's emergency centers, pharmacies, administrative buildings and 911 call centers. Estimated completion of doc.net is within two years.
"doc.net is a huge undertaking for Vienna, but the outcome is priceless - saving lives and expediting emergency services," states Helmut Kadrnosk, CEO, WKA. "doc.net will be completely installed using our own CableRunner Flexible technology."
Both the latest installation and doc.net utilize the Flexible system's advanced technology for backbone and access builds in both man and non-man accessible existing city infrastructures. Vienna is showcasing and promoting its city-owned network as a private, secure optical fiber infrastructure that most city, state and federal governments can install themselves and even profit from. Vienna uses portions of its network for its own private sharing of critical government information, public access to e-gov initiatives, and generating revenue by leasing to telecom companies and other providers. In its first year of operation, the city recorded new revenue of approximately $20 million.
Vienna is already planning additional phases for its city network that will include enhanced redundancy for emergency services especially for governmental and public institutions. The city also plans to hold educational sessions on a city-by-city basis that will educate cities on the necessity of owning their own network.
The Flexible system is designed to have none of the drawbacks inherent with conventional optical fiber deployment and is installed at a fraction of the cost. The Flexible system is easily scalable, upgradeable and interchangeable. It deploys fiber using state-of-the-art materials and equipment that are developed and tested by city engineers. The system works with common optical fiber cable and/or micro cable for backbone, modular cable system for access, and any kind of fiber regardless of manufacturer.
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