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Success
Network Cabling
for the Largest Airport in the World
R&M starts implementing network cabling for
Istanbul New Airport – the largest airport in the world.
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Istanbul New Airport will be constructed
over an area of 76.5 million square meters
to the north of Istanbul and will be completed
in four phases. The first phase will be
finalized in 2018 with the opening of two
runways and a terminal with a 90 million
passenger capacity. Once complete, the
new airport will host flights to more than
350 destinations with an annual passenger
capacity of up to 200 million. On completion
Yusuf Akcayoglu, CEO IGA, and
Michel Riva, CEO R&M
of all four phases, Istanbul New Airport will
have six active runways, 250 aircraft and
parking facilities for 18,000 cars.
With the increased utilization and dependence
on IT systems in modern air travel, a
high-performance cabling network is the
critical platform for airports’ entire internal
and external telecommunications plus other
operational applications and services. The
quality and reliability of the products were
crucial reasons for choosing the R&M solution.
On completion of the first phase, R&M will have
supplied a total length of 4,500 km of copper
and over 1,600 km of fiber-optic cables as well
as more than 90,000 RJ45 ports. Leveraging
its extensive expertise in large-scale projects
for the aviation sector, R&M aims to finish the
installation of the cabling infrastructure by the
first quarter of 2018. This network will connect
and support the key airport systems. Each of
the systems has required customization of the
cabling including specific color coding.
Istanbul Grand Airport Construction (IGA),
the company building the new airport, has
already designed its mission-critical data
center infrastructure with R&M’s latest and
most innovative products. This includes the
high-density fiber platform Netscale and
the automated infrastructure management
solution R&MinteliPhy. This greatly simplifies
management and will allow IGA’s IT team to
rapidly and conveniently scale the network
as needed.
R&M assigned a dedicated specialist team
to be present on-site throughout the
deployment of the solutions. By developing
specific products and product modifications
according to the requirements of the project,
R&M can provide the customer with added
value. The cabling is designed for a lifetime
of 25 years and unconditional reliability. As
a testimony to this quality, R&M is offering
its 25-year R&Mfreenet systems warranty on
the cabling infrastructure deployed at the
new airport.
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