Kapsch CarrierCom Awards Nortel Wireless Contract for Austrian Railways
April 26, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Austrian Railways (ÖBB) selected Kapsch CarrierCom AG and Nortel to deploy a national network that is touted as delivering vital uninterrupted communications for staff working on trains and ground-based operations.
Kapsch CarrierCom will provide ÖBB with a new digital European standard Global System for Mobile Communications-Railway (GSM-R) system for connecting railway staff on board ÖBB trains to the European railway radio system.
The system is also designed to create a secure ground-based platform to deliver enhanced voice and data communications within Austria and abroad, said Nortel.
Initially, digital radio communications will be installed on trains serving ÖBB’s main international routes, which cross borders to Germany and countries in Eastern Europe.
Creating the new digital railroad radio system for ÖBB is a turnkey project with Nortel as the sole GSM-R infrastructure equipment provider.
Kapsch CarrierCom is the general contractor responsible for delivering all contractually agreed network elements and services from network planning through to commissioning and servicing.
Kapsch CarrierCom is also working with ÖBB-Infrastruktur Bau AG, which is providing a major part of the infrastructure requirement and with other Austrian companies.
"This win with Kapsch in Austria will expand and simplify digital railroad communications in Central Europe," said Wim te Niet, president, Central Region, Nortel.
"GSM-R network coverage for this key railway corridor is vital for creating a uniform cross-border digital train radio system. Once ÖBB’s system is up and running its international freight and passenger trains will need only one onboard communication system."
Source: Nortel.