Agilent Technologies and Telstra Team for Record-breaking Paralympic and Olympic Transmission.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2000 Agilent accessFIBER helped Telstra Prevent Interruptions in Service to Huge International Audience Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : A), a leading provider of innovative technologies for communications and life sciences, and Telstra Corporation Limited today announced that Telstra used the Agilent accessFIBER network management solution to help guarantee the performance and availability of its optical Millennium Network during the Sydney 2000 Paralympic and Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. . The network, which contains approximately 1.5 million kilometers of optical fiber, handled 28 billion telephone, audio, video and data transmissions flawlessly. Telstra, the official telecommunications supplier for both events, saved time and money by using accessFIBER to identify and correct optical network problems quickly before they could disrupt audience experience. "We witnessed some truly outstanding performances by the Millennium Network with the volume and quality of transmitted and broadcast data and images," said John Hunter John Hunter may refer to:
"The 2000 Paralympic and Olympic Games presented an unprecedented challenge for both world-class companies," said Tom White, general manager of Agilent's Communications Solutions Group. "We delivered an outstanding performance by bringing together the best talents of both companies -- Telstra's in-house technical experts and Agilent support staff from Malaysia and Germany -- to implement the accessFIBER integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. management solution that provided Telstra with total network control." The International Broadcast Center (IBC IBC International Building Code IBC Iraq Body Count IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer IBC International Business Company IBC Independence Blue Cross IBC Insurance Bureau of Canada IBC International Broadcasting Convention ) used Telstra's Millennium Network to televise tel·e·vise tr. & intr.v. tel·e·vised, tel·e·vis·ing, tel·e·vis·es To broadcast or be broadcast by television. [Back-formation from television. more than 3,400 hours of live action over the course of the events. The IBC, loaded with 75,000 square meters of broadcasting equipment, was the largest in Olympic history. Satellite dishes in Sydney and Perth transmitted images, commentary and data via 11 satellites. The Millennium Network broadcast coverage from both events to up to two thirds of the world's population, handled 500,000 simultaneous mobile phone calls, and provided telecommunications support for one million simultaneous emails. For more information about accessFIBER, visit www.agilent.com/comms/accessfiber. About Telstra Corporation Limited Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications carrier, was a Team Millennium Olympic Partner, official telecommunications supplier to the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games Par·a·lym·pic Games pl.n. An international competition for athletes with disabilities. [para-1 + (O)lympic. and a Worldwide Partner of the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games. From the time that Sydney started preparing the bid for the Games, Telstra has played an integral role in the Paralympic and Olympic Games. Nine years ago, Telstra helped prepare the technical paper for the bid document, which received the highest technical rating awarded by the International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 . Telstra was the sole telecommunications provider to the Sydney 2000 Paralympic and Olympic Games. To deliver the one of the most comprehensive telecommunications systems in Games history, it developed the Millennium Network(tm). Beyond providing the telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. for the Paralympic and Olympic Games, Telstra is also involved in a number of community and sporting programs to ensure that the Olympic spirit is shared with all Australians. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a diversified technology company with approximately 46,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent is a global leader in designing and manufacturing, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, semiconductor and optical components. In fiscal year 1999, Agilent had net revenue of more than $8.3 billion. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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