Corning MobileAccess Brings Wall-to-Wall Wireless Coverage to Indianapolis for Super Bowl XLVI and Beyond
30 Janeiro 2012 - 8:00PM
Business Wire
Corning MobileAccess, part of Corning Incorporated’s (NYSE: GLW)
Telecommunications segment, announced that the company’s portfolio
of distributed antenna systems (DAS) is now delivering pervasive
wireless coverage at major Indianapolis venues, just in time for
the Super Bowl.
From arrival, to hotel stay, to pre-game events, and game time,
mobile users can enjoy fast, uninterrupted access to voice and
data, allowing them to coordinate with friends, share photos, or
check out NFL analysis and pre-game video with their
smartphones.
Sites involved in the deployment include Lucas Oil Stadium, home
of the Indianapolis Colts and site of Super Bowl XLVI; Indianapolis
International Airport; eight hotels, including the JW Marriott
Indianapolis; two medical centers; the Indiana Convention Center;
and the Colts training facility.
“While large sites are great for events, the structures
themselves and the massive amount of people within them trying to
access cellular networks simultaneously can result in dropped calls
and slower data access,” said Mike Genovese, senior vice president,
Wireless Networks and New Business Development, Corning Cable
Systems. “Our solutions distribute cell signals throughout these
locations, so that Indianapolis visitors and residents can
effortlessly connect via their mobile devices.”
Lucas Oil Stadium is the fifth Super Bowl venue to be outfitted
with an installed distributed antenna system provided by Corning
MobileAccess. Others include: Reliant Park, Houston, for Super Bowl
XXXVIII in 2004; ALLTEL Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla., for Super Bowl
XXXIX in 2005; Ford Field, Detroit, for Super Bowl XL in 2006; and
University of Phoenix Stadium, for Super Bowl XLII in 2008.
Corning MobileAccess’ DAS solutions bring outdoor cellular
signals indoors and distribute them throughout expansive
facilities, such as football stadiums or convention centers,
dramatically improving coverage for voice, texting, and data
services. The solutions also successfully accommodate all of the
operators’ cellular services, including 4G Long Term Evolution
(LTE), and are built to handle future upgrades or expansions
without impacting existing services.
Covering the many venues supporting the Super Bowl and beyond is
no small feat, requiring multiple large-scale deployments at
several sites. To help manage the process, Corning MobileAccess
teamed with several leading wireless integrators to install the
company’s DAS equipment at these sites, including:
- Rizzo Consulting Inc., which designed
and installed the system at Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana
Convention Center, resulting in one of the largest and highest
capacity DAS installations in North America
- Alcatel-Lucent, which designed and
installed the DAS for Indianapolis International Airport (IIA)
- Repeated Signal Solutions, Inc., which
installed the DAS at the JW Marriott Indianapolis
- Connectivity Wireless Solutions, CTS
and RF Connect, which installed systems at other key locations
Indianapolis International Airport and the JW Marriott
Indianapolis are two of the key sites involved in the deployment.
Both are using Corning MobileAccess’ DAS to provide uninterrupted
multiple-carrier services, including 4G LTE connectivity, offering
fast data speeds and reliable coverage throughout all areas of the
facilities.
IIA served about 7.5 million passengers in 2010 and adopted
Corning MobileAccess’ DAS as a means of providing visitors to the
high-traffic location with uninterrupted wireless coverage
throughout the airport. “Corning MobileAccess’ in-building cellular
coverage solution is a great product,” said Al Stanley, chief
information officer with the Indianapolis Airport Authority. “The
recent 4G LTE upgrade has provided a noticeable performance
improvement for visitors’ and employees’ 4G mobile devices
throughout the airport.”
The JW Marriott Indianapolis is the largest JW Marriott in the
world, with more than 1,000 guest rooms and 104,000 square feet of
meeting space now covered by Corning MobileAccess’ DAS. “We’re
continually seeking ways to improve guests’ stays at the hotel, and
investing in Corning MobileAccess’ reliable DAS is part of this
effort,” said Ken Barnes, vice president, Information Technology
for White Lodging Services, which owns and manages the JW Marriott
Indianapolis. “An increasing number of guests are using 3G- and
4G-enabled devices during their stay. The Corning MobileAccess DAS
enables us to provide them with fast data speeds and blanket
wireless coverage throughout the facility.”
For additional information on Corning MobileAccess solutions
visit http://www.corning.com/mobileaccess.
About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in
specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of
materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning
creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology
systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control,
telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass
substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops;
ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems;
optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for
telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery;
and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a
number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense,
astronomy, and metrology.
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