wiredInUSA November 2017

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Cabling contract takes off

R&M has begun the delivery and implementation of the network cabling infrastructure for the Istanbul New Airport.

To complete the first phase, R&M will supply a total length of 4,500km of copper and over 1,600km of fiber optic cables. The manufacturer aims to finish the installation of the cabling infrastructure in the first quarter of 2018. İGA, the company building the new airport, has designed its data center infrastructure using R&M’s latest products including Netscale, believed to be the world’s highest density fiber cable management solution. Given the immense scale of the airport, R&M has also supplied its automated infrastructure management solution, R&MinteliPhy, which centralizes and automates the entire cabling infrastructure. This simplifies the network management and will allow İGA’s IT team to scale the network, as needed.

The airport will be constructed to the north of Istanbul and completed in four phases.

The first phase will be completed in 2018 with the opening of two runways and a 90 million passenger capacity terminal. With the increased utilization and dependence on IT systems in modern air travel, a high performance cabling network is considered to be a critical platform for the airport’s entire internal and external telecommunications. Michel Riva, CEO of R&M, said that Istanbul New Airport is the company’s biggest project in Turkey and, globally, one of its largest.

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wiredInUSA - November 2017