Charys Acquires Viasys Companies
Click here to visit the Charys homepage
Luxury Resort Goes Wireless in Less Than 10 Days
BelAir Networks & Viasys Network Services Provide Wi-Fi Throughout One&Only Palmilla Resort in Los Cabos, Mexico
Los Angeles – HITEC, June 21, 2005 - Guests and employees at Kerzner International’s One&Only Palmilla resort Los Cabos, Mexico can now wirelessly surf the Internet, access e-mail, and connect to secure private networks from anywhere on the resort property over a new wide-area wireless infrastructure from BelAir Networks and Viasys Network Services.
Located at the tip of the Baja California peninsula, between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas, the 172-room beachside One&Only Palmilla resort includes a world class golf course, several restaurants, and a spa. Recently, resort management decided to add property-wide wireless broadband to its list of guest services and to support internal operations. The wireless network it envisioned needed to provide carrier-grade data coverage for the entire property without detracting from the stunning aesthetics of the location.
After an intensive competitive review, One&Only Palmilla selected a joint BelAir/Viasys Solution because it provided complete coverage with minimal hardware, it required only a few days for deployment, it could be deployed with no disruption to guests or employees, and it was designed to seamlessly blend into the existing landscape. In addition, the BelAir/Viasys Solution proved to be more cost-effective than traditional wireless networking options.
“The specific challenges involved in deploying broadband Wi-Fi at a resort like One&Only Palmilla is where BelAir’s solution excels,” said Lance McNeill, CEO of Viasys. “The company’s multi-radio, multi-service mesh architecture enabled us to provide complete, broadband Wi-Fi access by projecting Wi-Fi into the rooms from the outside—without disrupting hotel guests or the surrounding environment.”
Viasys deployed a combination of 16 BelAir200 Wireless Multi-service Switch Routers and BelAir100 Wireless Multi-service Nodes mounted discreetly on light poles, buildings, and even palm trees to provide a broadband wireless network for the entire resort. The network can now be accessed from anywhere in the hotel or on the resort grounds.
"One&Only Palmilla resort is a high-profile destination and it needed a network that could guarantee a consistent quality of wireless service for guests and employees,” said Phil Belanger, Vice-President of Marketing, BelAir Networks. “The Viasys/BelAir partnership was able to exceed La Palmilla’s coverage and capacity requirements, as well as its aesthetic, quality, and service expectations—all in a matter of days."
“One&Only Palmilla resort is one of those extraordinary resorts that guests rarely have a bad thing to say about,” said Marco Sainz, IT director of the resort. “We are dedicated to the complete satisfaction and enjoyment of our leisure and business customers, so it was critical that we choose partners—such as Viasys and BelAir—that could support that objective.”
The network at One&Only Palmilla includes seven BelAir200 units connected via a wireless backhaul mesh to nine BelAir100 units used as edge nodes or at places where the wireless mesh was terminated.
The BelAir200 is a four-radio, wireless multi-service switch router that is built specifically for outdoor deployments. Each BelAir200 includes an access radio module that uses the 2.4 GHz band to support Wi-Fi client access. The access radio is connected to integrated antennas that project Wi-Fi signals over wide open areas and directly into multi-story buildings from the outside. This design eliminates the need for, and associated cost of, indoor access points.
Every BelAir200 can also be configured with up to three separate 5.8 GHz backhaul radio modules. These radios and their associated antennas are used to connect multiple BelAir200 systems in a wireless backhaul mesh that takes client traffic to and from the Internet. The resulting system will delivers unmatched capacity, security and scalability to the luxury resort.
The BelAir100 is a two-radio, wireless multi-service node that accepts the same radio modules as the BelAir200. It can be used to terminate a BelAir mesh, as a mesh edge node, or to provide wireless broadband access to single buildings.
BelAir’s products are focused on wide-area Wi-Fi today, but the unique multi-radio wireless backhaul mesh architecture can also be applied to other wireless technologies such as WiMAX and cellular.
About Viasys
Viasys Network Services is a leading broadband integrator responsible for many of the most recognizable wireless and fiber broadband deployments throughout North America. For over 50 years, the Company has custom crafted solutions for Commercial, Public Safety, Transportation, and Hospitality markets, and is now the leading design/installation provider to many top-tier integration organizations. Viasys offers a wide variety of broadband services including survey, design, installation, and maintenance of today’s sophisticated data systems. More information is available at www.viasyscorp.com.
About BelAir Networks
BelAir Networks is the first company to offer scalable, wide-area wireless broadband solutions with the highest quality for data, voice and video. BelAir’s wireless networking solutions are built on the only multi-service architecture for wide -area wireless broadband deployments of Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and 3G Cellular networks. Built specifically for outdoor deployments, BelAir Networks’ patented solution delivers the lowest cost per user and deploys in days, blending into the physical infrastructure of downtown business districts, hotels and resorts, and college campuses. Founded in 2001, BelAir Networks is a privately held company headquartered in Kanata, Ontario.
For More Information Contact:
BelAir Networks
Joe Aragona
Director, Marketing
613-254-7070 ext. 134
Click here to e-mail
Viasys Network Services
Terrell Brown
Marketing Manager
863.607.9988
Click here to e-mail
Viasys Awarded contract to Build Wireless Network for City of Rome GA
Viasys has been awarded a contract by The City of Rome, Georgia to deploy a wireless broadband network. The network will supplement its wired municipal network and bring provide significant throughput capabilities to remote offices. The pre-WiMAX wireless system is designed to facilitate new and future broadband applications that improve city productivity, increase interoperability between departments and lower connectivity costs.
The network connects five remote city facilities with the City LAN using OFDM radios from Alvarion and Proxim. The network is designed to support data, voice and the installation was completed in March 2005.
FDOT Awards Wireless Bus Surveillance System to Viasys
Viasys has been awarded a contract by the Florida Department of Transportation to install a wireless bus security network in the Orlando area.
The objective of the model deployment - named iFlorida - is to demonstrate the wide variety of operational functions that are enabled or enhanced by a surface transportation security and reliability information system.
Under the contract, Viasys will design, procure, install and integrate an audio/video based transit security application with a new broadband wireless network on 12 Central Florida Regional Transit Authority (LYNX) buses operating over approximately 14 miles of I-4 between downtown Orlando and the Walt Disney World attractions area. Viasys is also designing and installing a broadband wireless network installed along this same corridor to distribute the audio/video from the buses to existing or new access points on the FDOT I-4 fiber network.
Viasys will be installing 33 Tropos 5110 radios along the 14 mile route and 1Tropos 4110 radio on each bus.
In March of 2003, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) was selected to participate in this highly innovative model deployment with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The objective of the model deployment - named iFlorida - is to demonstrate the wide variety of operational functions that are enabled or enhanced by a surface transportation security and reliability information system.
Viasys Selected by APAC to provide ITS Field Design and Construction of Intelligent Transportation System in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Viasys is providing the field design and construction of ITS devices, signing and lighting in support of a contract won by APAC. This project will widen and improve approximately 8 miles of Interstate in the Charlotte, NC area and has a total value of $14,781,014.
