Nortel to Provide Digital Wireless Communications System for African Railway Network
September 21, 2006 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The Algerian Railways operator Société Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires (SNTF) selected Nortel for the first phase of SNTF's national Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) project.
The project will provide a new wireless communication system that aims to enhance emergency procedures, improve operational efficiency, increase safety and reduce the overall cost of its operations.
Nortel will deploy a GSM-R network that will make SNTF the first African railway operator to adopt the new global GSM-R standard.
The new system will allow train drivers, station controllers and other railway employees to communicate with each other instantly and at any time, either individually or as separate groups. In the first phase of SNTF's GSM-R project awarded to Nortel, the network will be deployed along the El Gourzi - Touggourt line in Eastern Algeria.
"The international adopted GSM-R standard is a key component to upgrading the Algerian railway communication infrastructure," said Ali Leulmi, central director of infrastructures, SNTF. "It is part of a much larger railway infrastructure project, including the construction of new conventional and high speed lines, upgrades of signaling systems and other railway infrastructure …"
Nortel will provide design and engineering services for SNTF's GSM-R network from the Nortel global services portfolio. Nortel’s local channel partner, SNEF Algeria will supply construction, installation and commissioning support.
Source: Nortel.