KeySpan Communications Wins 2005 BE Award; Management of Fiber Network Named Top Project in ''Geospatial: Communications'' Category.EXTON, Pa. -- KeySpan Communications, owner, operator, and developer of a 75,000-mile optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. network, has won a 2005 BE Award for the management of its fiber network in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. . The award category was "Geospatial: Communications." The BE Awards of Excellence, which are presented at the annual BE Conference (www.be.org), honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving the world's infrastructure. These projects set benchmarks for their industries, and showcase the imagination and technical mastery of the organizations that created them. KeySpan Communications was created to expand the scope of the 23,226-mile fiber optic network owned by its parent company, KeySpan Corporation, a major generator of electricity and distributor of natural gas. The new subsidiary was given the task of designing, engineering, and managing a new network that would not only satisfy KeySpan's operating needs, but also offer commercial broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. . One of the first steps it took was to seek out a complete solution for the design and management of its commercialized fiber network. After carefully examining its options, it selected Bentley communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems . Says James Commisso, lead network engineer for KeySpan Communications, "Bentley Fiber and Bentley Inside Plant software have helped us become one the most effective companies in our industry when it comes to troubleshooting, tracking customer circuit data, and restoring service. Without question, this software has positioned KeySpan Communications as a leader in fiber network management among our industry peers." The data in the system is integrated with other engineering and enterprise systems, including customer billing, revenue tracking, pole/conduit licensing, taxation, and network planning - among others. Today, KeySpan Communications' fiber optic network runs through much of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. and Long Island. In addition to being used for day-to-day electric utility operations, it provides companies with broadband services to meet all of their telecommunications needs, while giving them the opportunity to connect to more than 100 service providers for voice, Internet, and video requirements. It also offers dark fiber services to carrier and enterprise customers. For more information on KeySpan Communications' winning project as well as on all of the other 2005 BE Award projects, visit www.be.org/2005beawardwinners. About KeySpan Communications and KeySpan Corporation KeySpan Communications, an unregulated Adj. 1. unregulated - not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline; "unregulated off-shore fishing" regulated - controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature" 2. subsidiary of KeySpan Corporation, is the owner, operator, and developer of a high-speed fiber optic network that traverses Long Island and part of New York City. The network has several access points to trans-Atlantic cable systems that run between Long Island, London, and Paris. KeySpan Corporation is the fifth-largest distributor of natural gas in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and the largest in the Northeast - operating regulated gas utilities in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Massachusetts, and New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). that serve 2.6 million customers. It is also the largest electric generator in New York State, with approximately 6,600 megawatts of generating capacity that provides power to 1.1 million customers of the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), and supplies approximately 25 percent of New York City's capacity needs. For more information, visit www.keyspanenergy.com. About the BE Conference The BE Conference (www.be.org) is a once-a-year learning opportunity for Bentley users and their managers offering professional training, technology updates, keynotes, and best practice sharing. At these sessions, attendees better themselves, better their organizations, and better the ways they can improve the world's infrastructure. About Bentley Bentley Systems Bentley Systems, Incorporated, provides software for the "Design, construction and operation of the world's infrastructure". The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) , Incorporated provides software for the lifecycle of the world's infrastructure. The company's comprehensive portfolio for the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets spans architecture, engineering, construction (AEC AEC US Atomic Energy Commission Noun 1. AEC - a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States Atomic Energy Commission ) and operations. With 2004 revenues exceeding $300 million, Bentley is the leading provider of AEC software to the Engineering News-Record Engineering News-Record (widely known as ENR) is a weekly magazine that provides news, analysis, data and opinion for the construction industry worldwide. It has been published since 1874. It is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies. Design 500 and major owner-operators. To receive Bentley press releases as they are issued, visit www.bentley.com/bentleywire. For more information, visit www.bentley.com. Bentley, the "B" logo, BE, BE Awards of Excellence, Bentley Fiber, and Bentley Inside Plant are either registered or unregistered trademarks or service marks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated or one of its direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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