MAC Systems courts Wimbledon

Networking reseller MAC Systems has completed an Ethernet-over-fibre solution in time for the All England Lawn Tennis Club’s (AELTC) Wimbledon Championships.

Due to finish this week (weather permitting), Wimbledon attracts over 450,000 visitors and further millions through press, radio and television coverage, prompting the need for heavy bandwidth capability.

As part of a general voice and data review for the AELTC, MAC Systems identified the need for the AELTC to switch to flexible pay-as-you-go bandwidth-on-demand. As a result it implemented a business-grade Internet Route 1 algorithm from vendor Exponential-e.

Paul Burns, project director at MAC Systems, said: “We had to take a careful approach in selecting the right partner for this client as they have some unique requirements together with a vision on how they want to operate the voice and data services at a world leading sports venue. MAC Systems working with the AELTC team, coupled with Exponential-e’s innovative approach further enhances Wimbledon as a world class venue.”

Jeff Lucas, IT Director for the AELTC, said: “We always try to ensure that we have sufficient bandwidth capacity to support our media. We have gradually increased this over the years but felt we needed to make a step change for 2008. Exponential-e’s highly flexible network and its tailored costs enabled us to do that.”

Mukesh Bavisi, network and services director at Exponential-e, added: “AELTC is now connected onto our service creation platform so it’s simple to provision new services such as voice and SIP trunking just by creating additional virtual circuits as and when they are needed.”