Network Communications News (NCN) December 2016 | Page 14

ON T HE CASE
Life in the fast lane
VoIP Unlimited has brought Sahara
Force India Formula One team
into new speeds with superfast
connectivity services. The ITSP
provide MPLS & VPN services
connecting the team’s wind tunnel in
Europe back to its HQ in Silverstone.
In the high-octane industry of
Formula One racing, mere tenths
of seconds matter, this means data
transfer and speed of connectivity is
paramount to the success of racing
teams like Sahara Force India.
Through knowing VoIP
Unlimited as a favoured supplier
in the F1 industry, Sahara Force
India approached VoIP to provide a
bespoke and reliable service.
 

Time in a wind tunnel can cost
millions of dollars, so any loss of
connectivity can be extremely
damaging. Wind Tunnel testing its
60 per cent scale replica Formula 1
car at 180kph containing over 500
sensors generates 37Gb of data
a week, all of which needs to be
available live back in the UK for
analysis and decision making.
Sahara Force India generates
vast amounts of data from the
track, the wind tunnel and various
simulations, so it is important that
data can be shipped to where
it is needed. If connectivity was
compromised, the team could risk
losing its competitive edge. 


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Euston, we do not have a problem
BT Wi-Fi has delivered cutting edge
technology, ensuring high quality, high
speed Wi-Fi connectivity for those visiting
30 Euston Square, an award winning events
venue and home of the Royal College of
General Practitioners.
The upgrades have made the venue one
of the most comprehensively connected in
the UK, providing organisers with seamless
Wi-Fi connection on multiple devices, even at
peak times.
The upgrades, which use Cisco hardware
to more than double the venue’s available
bandwidth, will allow devices to connect
across both 2.5 and 5GHz channels resulting in even more connections to the venue’s superfast
Internet connection.
With the implementation of BT Wi-Fi, 30 Euston Square has ensured that the venue is capable of
meeting the needs of tomorrow’s market, making sure it is not only fit for purpose now, but for several years
to come.

On the same wavelength
Telia Carrier has announced that Limelight Networks has deployed its IP Transit and Wavelength services
in North America and Europe. These services will expand Limelight’s global infrastructure, support
backbone traffic and enhance the end user experience.
Given the sustained demand for digital content by end users, media, content and gaming,
companies continue to utilise CDN providers to deliver high quality Internet services.
CDNs connect a vast distributed system of servers across the globe deployed in facilities nearest the
end users, optimising speed, performance and latency, while minimising delay.
With Telia Carrier’s global footprint of high speed services, these solutions provide Limelight with
high performance capacity and connectivity to many Internet peering locations to meet increasing
demands for bandwidth.
Telia Carrier’s global fibre backbone is the first to be 100G-enabled in both Europe and North
America. The company enables worldwide connectivity, connecting more than 200 Points of Presence
(PoPs) across Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East.

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