R&M to deliver cabling infrastructure to world’s biggest airport
R&M has successfully started the delivery and implementation of a cutting-edge network cabling infrastructure for Istanbul’s New Airport. The airport will be constructed over an area 76.5 million square metres to the north of Istanbul which will be completed in four phases. The first phase will be finalized in 2018 with the opening of two runways and a terminal with 90 million passenger capacity. Once complete, the new airport will host flying to more than 350 destinations with an annual passenger capacity of up to 200 million.
The 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 the airport’s entire internal and external telecommunications plus other operational applications and services.
Commenting on this mega project, Michel Riva, CEO of R& M, states that Istanbul New Airport is their biggest project in Turkey and one of the largest globally. He also said that Istanbul New Airport has given the company a tremendous opportunity to deliver their innovative solutions. “We have more than 50 years of experience in the ICT market. Mega projects such as at the Istanbul New Airport give us the opportunity to create real added value by developing customized products meeting the specific needs of the customer,” he said. For a 24-hour business as the Istanbul airport highest reliability is essential as any downtime can significantly impact operations and passengers. As a testimony to this quality, R&M will offer its 25-year R&M free net systems warranty on the cabling infrastructure deployed at the new airport.
On completion of the first phase, R&M will have supplied a total length of 4,500 kms of copper and over 1,600 kms of fibre-optic cables. Leveraging its extensive expertise in large-scale projects for the aviation sector, the manufacturer aims to finish the installation of the cabling infrastructure by the first quarter of 2018. This high-performance cabling network will connect and support the key airport systems, including its ICT infrastructure for security, police and customs. Each of these systems has required customization of the cabling, including specific colour coding.
İGA, the company building the new airport, has designed its mission-critical data center infrastructure with R&M’s latest and most innovative products, including Net scale, the world’s highest-density fibre cable management solution. This greatly simplifies management and will allow İGA’s IT team to rapidly and conveniently scale the network as needed.
R&M is at the forefront of innovation in the structured cabling industry and invests approximately 5% of its yearly revenue in R&M. This, combined with the company’s ability to highly customize its extensive product range, has proved to be a decisive factor in the success of the project.
Through its participation in massive projects such as the Istanbul New Airport, R&M is rapidly solidifying its position as a leading cabling provider in the Turkish market.
Explaining his decision to select R&M for the project, Ersin İnankul, CIO, İGA, underlines that Istanbul New Airport will be the largest in the world. He also appreciates the incredible support he and his team received from R&M through the entire engagement saying, “They understood our needs and customized their solution according to these. Availability, security, modularity, flexibility, capacity and cost-effectiveness have also all been the key reasons why our project team chose R&M’s solutions for the project.”
The new airport will be the first TIER 3 certificated and completely digital-first airport of the world. The announcement system, fire alarms, cameras, card access systems, flight management, ATC systems will run on R& M’s fire-resistant copper cables.
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