Press Releases
Ethnet Implements VoIP Over Wireless Mesh for Eisteddfod
with Zultys and Firetide
1st-Aug-2008
As the festivities kick off this week at the National Eisteddfod
of Wales in Cardiff, Siracom and its reseller partner Ethnet will
be keeping a close eye on proceedings.That is because the event
is supported by a voice and data network implemented by Ethnet,
which integrates a large part of the Siracom product range. The
system, based on Firetide Wireless Mesh and Zultys IP PBX, provides
site wide voice and data communications and supports applications
such as Internet access, and point-of-sale (POS) systems for the
event organizers, merchants, exhibitors and visitors throughout
the entire weeklong festival.
The National Eisteddfod of Wales is one of the world's greatest
festivals dating back to the year 1176. This annual celebration,
which runs during the first week of August, has attracted approximately
160,000 visitors in the past. The Eisteddfod celebrates Welsh culture
and heritage and plays an important role in the life of the nation
by promoting the Welsh language and arts. It also acts as a launch
pad for Wales' most talented performers.
"The site chosen for this year's national Eisteddfod is
a vast area of parkland that runs alongside the River Taff in
the heart of Cardiff. The Eisteddfod has transformed the Ponte
Canna fields into a thriving festival area comprising a main pavilion
surrounded by 300 merchant stands, a theatre and many performance
and exhibition marquees," explains Rob Leggett, Sales Director
at SiraCom. "With short and rigidly defined timescales, Ethnet
have transformed this huge open space into a fully connected festival
area. They've done a fantastic job".
"The Firetide mesh provides a rapidly deployable, site
wide Ethernet network, giving wired connections throughout the
festival areas, with high speed, resilient wireless backhaul.
This enables us to deploy wired security cameras, wired phones
and PCs as well as wi-fi access points, supporting POS and wireless
phones, wherever we choose" said Barry Lieberman, MD Ethnet
(http://www.ethnetuk.com).
"The wide area connections are particularly important at
temporary events", Barry continued, "and we have gone
for a 'belt and braces' solution. We have a wired broadband connection
with satellite back-up. Voice services are provided by internet
telephony, from VoIP unlimited, and we use the Zed-3 Sip to GSM
gateway to provide a final layer of telephony resilience."
"Zultys couldn't be more pleased that our U.K. partners have
chosen such a marquee venue to fully demonstrate the robust integration
capabilities and flexibility of our MX communications system.
We wish all of the Eisteddfod participants the best as they celebrate
their Welsh heritage and we hope the MX-powered network will be
music to their ears," says Steve Rothenberg, CEO at Zultys.
"Firetide wireless networks are designed for rapid deployment
and are ideal in environments where permanent infrastructure is
not required. We are pleased that Ethnet selected Firetide to
serve as a robust and secure communications network for the festival,"
says Bo Larsson, CEO of Firetide.
School's out for wired networks as Blackfen
School for Girls chooses Meru's wireless technology
1st-Aug-2008
Blackfen School needed a wireless network that would allow classrooms
of students to reliably and securely access the Internet and other
networked applications. The school also wanted to avoid supporting
a separate network for cordless phones.
Solution - 50 Meru AP201 access points deployed in a single channel
Virtual Cell, plus two MC3050 controllers, provided by specialist
distributor Siracom
Benefits -
- The Meru solution outclassed the Cisco alternative on performance,
flexibility and cost.
- A class of pupils can be issued with laptops and logged in within
five minutes
- Meru Virtual Cell architecture dramatically simplified deployment
and management
- Multiple SSIDs make admin tasks easier for different user groups
and device types such as handsets and printers
- Single wireless infrastructure simultaneously supports data
and seamless voice services
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