2013-01-25 14:34:52 -
Distributed Antenna Systems to enhance wireless communications at
New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center and six area hotels
HICKORY, N.C. - Corning MobileAccess, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE:GLW)
Telecommunications segment, today announced its Distributed Antenna Systems
(DAS) have been installed at several prominent locations throughout New Orleans
-- the host city of Super Bowl XLVII -- providing always-on wireless coverage
and fast, reliable data service. The systems will enable mobile users at
several major locations in the city to easily communicate, post status updates,
check scores and statistics, and share photos.
This is the sixth time the Corning MobileAccess DAS has been deployed in the
Super Bowl host city, and the second year in a row. Last year, the DAS was
installed in Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium in advance of
Super Bowl XLVI.
Previous installations took place at Reliant Park, Houston, for Super Bowl
XXXVIII in 2004; ALLTEL Stadium, Jacksonville, Fla., for Super Bowl XXXIX in
2005; Ford Field, Detroit, for Super Bowl XL in 2006; and University of Phoenix
Stadium, for Super Bowl XLII in 2008.
In anticipation of Super Bowl XLVII, the DAS was deployed at the New Orleans
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, where representatives expect more than
75,000 visitors during Super Bowl weekend. The convention center will host
several Super Bowl-related events, including the NFL Experience Driven by GMC,
an interactive theme park, which will offer great opportunities for fans to
upload pictures, download videos, send texts and more, making reliable, fast
cellular communications a necessity. Gulf Coast Real Estate Consultants, which
provides telecommunications services to many organizations, will manage the
deployment at the convention center.
The DAS has also been installed at six major New Orleans hotels. The total area
covered includes nearly 450,000 square feet of meeting space and more than
5,500 guest rooms across all of the locations, including hotels that will host
players from the two competing teams.
"The Corning MobileAccess DAS is powerful enough to help us support and enhance
wireless services for our visitors, not only during the Super Bowl but at
several other large events we will be hosting this year," said Paul O'Connell,
director of technology services, New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
"In fact, the National Football League hired a third party to survey the
cellular network in and around our location and determined the DAS can handle
the massive amount of wireless traffic expected, eliminating the need for
carriers to deploy temporary cellular solutions. The flexibility of the system
will also allow us to easily expand the DAS to support our preparations to add a
new hall to our ever-growing facility."
"We're thrilled to be providing Super Bowl fans and New Orleans visitors with a
great wireless experience," said Bill Cune, vice president of Strategy and
Business Development, Corning Cable Systems. "Combined with our fiber
connectivity solutions, the Corning MobileAccess DAS offers facilities the best
possible infrastructure for high-traffic events."
For additional information on Corning MobileAccess DAS solutions visit
www.corning.com/mobileaccess.
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About Corning Incorporated
Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty glass
and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials science and process
engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes keystone components that enable
high-technology systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control,
telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for
LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and filters
for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment
for telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery; and
other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries
including semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy, and metrology.
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