Network Communications News (NCN) April 2017 | Page 15
ON THE CASE
Merchant City businesses
on track for full-fibre upgrade
Businesses in Glasgow’s new Tontine Building in the heart of
the Merchant City are set to benefit from 100 per cent fibre
connectivity thanks to alternative infrastructure provider CityFibre.
The Gigabit City developer opened new Scottish
headquarters at the Tontine last month and will invest in the
construction of new digital infrastructure in the Trongate area
and The Tontine itself.
This high capacity fibre network will be a completely new
construction, laying a future proof fibre foundation for Glasgow
businesses as part of the ongoing transformation of the city’s
digital infrastructure.
CityFibre started the build of Glasgow’s digital infrastructure
in November 2016, connecting the city centre to CityFibre’s pure
fibre network.
Since it opened under a year ago as part of the regeneration
of Glasgow’s Merchant City area, The Tontine has attracted a
number of high growth start-ups, including CodeClan, Scotland’s
first digital skills academy.
Kevin Rush, Glasgow City
Council’s head of economic
development, said, ‘Full-fibre
Gigabit connectivity has
reached Glasgow and it will
undoubtedly drive growth,
productivity and innovation.’
James McClaffer ty,
CityFibre’s head of regional
development in Scotland,
added, ‘Glasgow’s Gigabit
City project is transforming
the city into one of the
most connected in the
world. The case for new,
full-fibre infrastructure
instead of continual
upgrades to ageing
networks is clear.’
James McClafferty of CityFibre (left)
with Kevin Rush of Glasgow City Council.
For further information visit:
www.cityfibre.com
Connectivity is now
the big feature at Troxy
Connecting London, an IT services provider based in
central London, advised East London cinema Troxy on how
to meet its network and connectivity requirements.
Connecting London worked with the Zyxel pre-sales
team to build an end-to-end solution, developed to
support the capacity needs of the venue.
Zyxel’s adaptive wireless technology, known as
Smart Antenna, was used to maintain stable coverage
for the high numbers of visitors in the main event area. In
addition, various models of access points from the Zyxel
range were used throughout the building to ensure each
area was covered.
All access points are supported using Zyxel PoE
(Power over Ethernet) switches and a core firewall, which
provides a reliable network backbone to cope with the
demands on security, network traffic, traffic management
and seamless connectivity.
The access points are centrally controlled, allowing the
straightforward configuration of either individual or access
point groups. This approach provides the flexibility to adapt
the configuration to suit all users within the venue, whilst
also eliminating the inherent technical complexity.
For further information visit: www.zyxel.com