American Tower Corp : American Tower Corporation Completes Network Optimization Project in Time for the 2012 Democratic National Convention
09/04/2012| 05:05pm US/Eastern
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American Tower Corporation (NYSE: AMT) announced today the deployment of
a network optimization project for leading telecommunications service
providers which will support the increased communication and data needs
of the more than 35,000 delegates, visitors and members of the media who
are expected to attend the 2012 Democratic National Convention being
held this week in Charlotte, NC.
The projects will enable telecommunications service providers to expand
their existing network capacity in efforts to meet the surge in
subscriber demand that is expected to result from attendance at the
convention. The project consists of three solutions: an outdoor Wi-Fi
network, an In-Building Distributed Antenna System (IDAS) network and an
Outdoor Distributed Antenna System (ODAS) network.
"All three of these solutions required a significant amount of
orchestration and coordination. We were pleased to be able to deliver
these solutions in time for such a high-profile, communication-driven
event," said Gerard Ainsztein, American Tower's Senior Vice President,
Managed Networks. "This has been a very exciting project, and it
couldn't have come together without the assistance of the customers,
local utilities and the City of Charlotte, NC."
American Tower deployed 20 Wi-Fi access points, 45 ODAS nodes that were
installed upon existing street lights and structures and an IDAS network
located in a major Charlotte hotel. While this equipment is leased for
the use of the existing customers, the core infrastructure is capable of
supporting additional services, such as small cell deployments or
additional carriers' heterogeneous networks. For more information about
American Tower's Managed Network capabilities and solutions, please
contact Alex Gamota, Vice President, DAS Real Estate at alex.gamota@americantower.com
or 781-926-4902.
About American Tower
American Tower is a leading independent global owner, operator and
developer of wireless communications sites. American Tower currently
owns and operates over 49,000 communications sites in the United States,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ghana, India, Mexico, Peru, South Africa and
Uganda. For more information about American Tower, please visit www.americantower.com.
American Tower Corporation
Matthew Peterson, 617-375-7500
Vice
President, Communications
© Business Wire 2012
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