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fSONA Proven Solutions
Reference Sites
Military & Government
fSONA Proven Solutions
Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan
Solution: Four SONAbeamTM 155-M links
Benefits: Secure wireless connectivity
Very high-capacity network
Rapid installation
Goal: Establish high-speed wireless
network to enable transfer of bandwidth intensive biometric security information
Washington, D.C.
Solution: Two SONAbeamTM Gigabit links
Benefits: Secure wireless connectivity
Very high-speed
Installed rapidly
Scalable bandwidth
Goal: High-speed backup connections
to provide triple-redundancy connections for two federal agency buildings.
Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
Close and protect a SONET ring to provide physically diverse connectivity
SONAbeam™ 1250-M provides rampable bandwidth from 34 Mbps to 1.5 Gbps
SONAbeam was rapidly deployed and provided a savings of 66% vs. a fiber build-out
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Puerto Rico Port Authority - Honeywell
Close a fiber ring for CCTV application
5 x SONAbeam™ 1250-M provides rampable bandwidth from 34 Mbps to 1.5 Gbps
SONAbeam™ optical wireless technology is extremely secure at the physical layer
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BAE Systems
CCTV application
7x SONAbeam™ 155-E systems
SONAbeam™ optical wireless provides secure wireless for end customer New River Marine Core Air Station
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Service Providers
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Nextel – Acapulco, Mexico
Solution: SONAbeam 1250-M fSONA was the ONLY wireless vendor able
to provide the solution.
Benefits: Secure wireless connectivity Very high-capacity requirement (1.42 Gbps) Proprietary CPE interface compatibility with
ADC Digivance Cost had been prohibiting fiber install
Goal: Establish wireless cellular antenna
extension to Acapulco Golf & Country Club.
Nextel President is club member
Curacao
Connect a Central Office to a nearby location and from there build a backbone
Three high-speed SONAbeam™ links already in place. Future links will be installed as demand dictates. Lower cost units connect end-users to the backbone.
SONAbeam™ is installed quickly and provides reliable backbone connectivity
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Istanbul, Turkey
Establish a high-speed wireless backbone network to deliver competitive services to Istanbul's busiest business sector
Omnitek used the SONAbeam™ 1250 series to build the first Gigabit Wireless backbone network in the world
SONAbeam's unlicensed technology is ideal for competitive carriers. Gigabit plus speeds and rapid deployment allow Omnitek to respond quickly to the growing needs of Turkey's business district
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
An ISP wanted to establish high-speed wireless service from one central point to other key locations in an extreme environment - up to 50ºC with sand storms.
Initial deployment of 12 SONA-beam™ Fast Ethernet links. More links will added as needed.
SONAbeam™ shines in challenging conditions. No outages during major sandstorm of 2003
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North Belfast, UK
Deliver broadband triple-play cost effectively for up to 7,000 endpoints in a disadvantaged community in Northern Ireland
SONAbeam™ FSO links combined with 802.11b radios provide broadband access to schools, businesses and residential users
Wireless backbone was installed quickly and is maintained by community. Cost-effective units also have no recurring monthly fees.
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Rebuilding Belfast with Broadband
“We chose free space optics because, with it, we didn’t need to dig up the streets and pay high
annual charges for leased lines or license fees. There is no radiation risk and the network could
be up and running quickly.”
The Flax Trust’s vision is a network that connects businesses with their customers, as well as churches with their parishioners and schools with their students. In addition to creating vital communication links, the network will provide much needed job training and jobs for the residents of North Belfast. March/April 2003 Issue
Costa Rica
Find a high-speed wireless solution capable of operating through the extreme rains in Costa Rica which is located in ITU Rain Zone P.
The SONAbeam 155-M was installed at 900 m during the worst annual rains.
The SONAbeam was an outstanding solution - it achieved 100% availability at up to 150 mm/per hour and 99.992% availability in rains up to 180 mm/per hour.
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Port Louis, Mauritius
Build an optical backbone to distribute satellite feed to business customers such as commercial banks
SONAbeam™ 1250-M Gigabit system provides rampable bandwidth
Rapidly deployed, high-speed solution is flexible and can be redeployed if customers move
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Connect production house to proprietary media network for transfer of "dailies" to Hollywood, CA
SONAbeam™ 155-M combines very high bandwidth and low latency making it an ideal wireless solution for video transmission
Able to operate through windows, able to be deployed rapidly
Toronto, Canada
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Wireless Carriers
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Puerto Rico
Cingular needed to immediately expand capacity for their mobile wireless network in Puerto Rico but had no available spectrum to do so.
SONAbeam™ 52-M running 4 x T1 linked two locations 4 km (2.5 miles) apart
Solution was available immediately and had the necessary range. The 52-M has performed in intense 150mm/hr rains and throughout Hurricane Isabel with no outages or errors.
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Carriers
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Alcatel - Milan, Italy
Determine if FSO was a viable alternative for carrier-class networks. Study the effects of the environment on FSO.
Tested the SONAbeam™ 155-M extensively for over 2 years. Combined the results with weather date to develop accurate availability predictions
SONAbeam™ performed excellently and Alcatel is now an OEM supplier and markets the SONAbeam as the Alcatel 9600 FSO
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British Telecom, UK
“Free space optics has come of age. We have always maintained that there is a
definite role for optical wireless in the telecommunications network infrastructure. It is a reliable, flexible component with compelling
benefits offered by its very high capacity, low cost per bit and no licensing requirements
worldwide.”
Stewart Davies, CEO, BTexact Technologies
Enterprise
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Bechtel, USA
Provide secure, broadband connectivity between Bechtel HQ and nearby conference facilities
SONAbeam™ 155-M provides Fast Ethernet connection across busy technology corridor freeway
SONAbeam was quick to install and was able to cross a freeway and deliver high-speed service without recurring monthly leased line fees
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Bechtel - FSO: A Viable Solution
“Optical wireless is a mature and reliable approach for broadband access.
FSO systems offer a viable solution toward building optical connectivity in a cost-effective, quick, and reliable manner
in certain situations. FSO systems have been engineered to provide performance comparable to other access technologies, offering high
capacity and availability, lower cost per Mbps/month when deployed, and rapid deployment in less than an hour. FSO systems can have a wide
range of applications ranging from telecommunication backhaul networking to being a viable last-mile alternative, and should
be considered when conditions permit.”
Bechtel Telecommunications Technical Journal, December 2002
Organization of American States
“Since installation of the fSONA equipment in mid-June, the system has not undergone any problems. During the extended weather stress of Hurricane
Isabel in September, the system performed flawlessly, without a single dropped data packet. Congratulations for your great team and
products that represented for us a magnificent solution.”
Indy Racing League
Find a reliable, high-speed wireless connections that can be easily transported and installed at each race
SONAbeam™ 155-E is lightweight, compact and provides high-speed transport at up to 155Mbps
In addition to the ease of installation, SONAbeam products are immune to EM interference
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Education
Dublin City University
Replace failing 802.11 radio that was only available 80% of the time due to rain outages
SONAbeam™ 155-M was installed at 2.7km. They now plan to link the whole campus.
In addition to increased availability, SONAbeam™ is able to provide a very high-speed network that always provides full bandwidth.
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University of Toronto
Connect two remote offices, one permanent and one temporary at Gigabit speeds
SONAbeam™ 1250-S and SONAbeam™ 155-S
High capacity connectivity at a cost-effective price. The University will also have a SONAbeam on hand to use for temporary capacity requirements/disaster recovery once the temporary link at the remote office is no longer required.
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University of British Columbia
Have a link on hand for disaster recovery and special events
SONAbeam™ 155-E
Solution is lightweight and portable for temporary links. UBC also tested the SONAbeam™ 155-E through windows and was very pleased with the results.
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Healthcare
Health Insurance Partners, NY
Solution: SONAbeamTM 1250-S Gigabit
Benefits: Immediate ROI
(fiber quoted at $1.18 million)
Gigabit speeds
Rapid installation (one week)
Goal: Bridge LAN’s of two recently
merged healthcare companies at Gigabit speeds in Lower Manhattan on-budget and on-time