TRANFORMATION CHAMPIONS
R&M AT ISTANBUL AIRPORT
Opened in late 2018, Istanbul's new airport has been operating at capacity since April 2019, and relies extensively on the latest networking infrastructure and systems. The fibre network cabling infrastructure for the airport and its datacentre was supplied by the Swiss company, R&M (Reichle & De-Massari AG). In the first phase of the network installation, R&M supplied 5,400 km of copper cablings and 3,270 km of fiber-optic cabling. The installation required fiber-optic distribution cabinets, patch panels as well as 115,000 connector ports. The service level agreement for the network cabling was to support 9,000 surveillance cameras; 3,000 card readers in real-time; and 5,000 Wi-Fi access points. The airport networking infrastructure with a colour coding scheme interconnected customs, security and the police. R&M's network cabling is designed for a lifetime of 25 years with a guarantee of 99.982% reliability to support a Tier III datacentre. Several aspects of the cabling had to be specifically designed for this mega-project. Another part of R&M's service level agreement was to guarantee high quality signal transmission and eliminate interference for decades. The R&M installation provides automation, monitoring and operation of the data network from a central location. This allows detection of unsolicited changes to the infrastructure or any attempt to tamper with the connectors in real time. Using a modular design, the cabling systems can keep pace with the expansion of the airport. R&M's roll out and installation was managed out of its Middle East office in Dubai, UAE.
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10,000 network ports. Since Unifree Duty Free is located inside Istanbul Airport, which is itself using R&M cabling, integration and cross over is smooth. “We have a self-owned and selfoperated networking infrastructure within the airport as Unifree Duty Free. If we need any integration, we use the required security specifications to realise the required configuration,” adds Ayhan.
MOVING FORWARD The vision of Unifree Duty Free is to provide its customers with a unique shopping experience using technology. “That is why we always research and implement, high-end technology products, which are enriched with analytical and cognitive tool sets,” says Ayhan. “We have different customers from different cultures of the world at this international airport. We need to understand, internal and external customer expectations, with the highest level of operational excellence using technology,” he emphasizes.
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