Groupe Eurotunnel SA Groupe Eurotunnel: Successful launch of mobile telephone and internet services in the Channel Tunnel in ...
2012年7月25日 - 3:45PM
RNSを含む英国規制内ニュース (英語)
Passengers will now be able to telephone and connect to the
internet inside the Channel Tunnel
Eurotunnel (Paris:GET) and the French mobile telephone
operators, Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR have today, as planned,
brought into service a GSM-P optical fibre system for 2G (GSM 900,
DCS1800) and 3G (UMTS 2100) telephone and internet services, which
will enable passengers of Le Shuttle and high speed trains to use
their mobiles to make calls and access the internet inside the
Channel Tunnel. This project, piloted by the equipment supplier
Alcatel-Lucent is the outcome of successful cooperation by the
French telecoms operators Orange, SFR and Bouygues Telecom1.
The use of cutting edge technology developed by Alcatel-Lucent
and the telecoms operators has seen several technical achievements.
To be able to supply a wireless service, 100 metres below sea
level, to the 20 million passengers who travel the 53 km through
the Channel Tunnel each year necessitated the resolution of a
number of challenges. The equipment has been installed in 10
months, a record breaking period; the work was achieved whilst
operating a full railway service in the Tunnel; the confined
environment required the application of strict standards and the
specific nature of the Shuttles had to be addressed to ensure the
appropriate level of transmission. At the same time, the technical
teams had to ensure that the different radio systems (GSM-P and
GSM-R) would both work inside the Tunnel.
With all these challenges met, Eurotunnel is now able to provide
a new service to its customers, whether they are travelling by
Shuttle or by Eurostar, and once again prove its commitment to
innovation.
The French operators will provide an extension of their 2G/3G
network coverage in the South Rail Tunnel (France-UK traffic) using
a leaky feeder cable for transmission, with optical repeaters
installed every 750 metres. The North Rail Tunnel (UK-France
traffic) will be covered by British telecoms operators after the
Olympics.
Jacques Gounon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Groupe
Eurotunnel SA, stated: "Eurotunnel is proud to be able regularly to
improve the services we offer to our customers through major
technological innovation, this time based on the expertise of
Alcatel-Lucent."
Pascal Homsy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Alcatel-Lucent France, stated: "As a result of this collaboration
with Eurotunnel, and which has used many of the different technical
skills we have at Alcatel-Lucent, we are very proud to have
contributed to the provision of new communication services on board
the trains in the Channel Tunnel."
1 Free will join the group later.
Eurotunnel For media enquiriesJohn Keefe Consultant on + 44 (0)
1303 284491Email: press@eurotunnel.com
Alcatel-Lucent Soizick Lamande : +33 1 30 77 55
05soizick.lamande@alcatel-lucent.com
Groupe Euro. (LSE:GETS)
過去 株価チャート
から 5 2024 まで 6 2024
Groupe Euro. (LSE:GETS)
過去 株価チャート
から 6 2023 まで 6 2024