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Swisscom using Nokia Siemens Networks infrastructure for live television transmission of EURO 2008
June 2008 by Emmanuelle Lamandé
Swisscom Broadcast is transmitting the TV signals from the stadia in Switzerland to UEFA’s International Broadcast Centre (IBC), from where they will be sent around the world. To assure the smooth transmission of TV images Swisscom is supported by Nokia Siemens Networks which has installed and is maintaining a fiber-optic network between the Swiss stadia in Zurich, Bern, Geneva and Basel and the two interconnection points with Telekom Austria at the Swiss/Austrian border. Telekom Austria is then transporting the signal over their fixed network to the IBC in Vienna.
Nokia Siemens Networks has provided Swisscom with a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) platform known as hiT 7300. An intensive internal testing period convinced Swisscom of the performance of the platform and proved it is the right choice for the project. Key to the decision-making was the highly reliable system performance and network flexibility, together with simplified implementation and easy operation.
