Access networks
Altermed Technologies, France
Ilevo Customer: Altermed Technologies
Location: Vannes & surrounding french islands
Project: Home Care and telemedecine
French project - Altermed technologies - aims at showing the importance of using alternative broadband access technologies to ensure an homogenous level of Care in each department by providing solutions for home care and telemedecine. To fulfil this commitment, Altermed technologies is organised as a consortium of complementary companies, including Ilevo.
Thus, several patients’ home and secondary hospitals located in French islands in the Atlantic Ocean have been connected to the main hospital of Vannes (France) allowing these patients to stay at home with their family while benefiting from medical care provided by specialists located on main land. The solution is based on a WIMAX point to point extension of the internet backbone prolonged by an Electrical Local Loop. This first deployment is expected to be replicated in several regions. This initiative is supported by the French health authorities and by the Datar.
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http://www.oggam.org/wiki/index.php/AlterMed Conrad Treasury Casino and Hotel, Australia
Ilevo Customer: Tabcorp Holdings Limited
Site: Conrad Treasury Casino and Hotel
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Project: Video marketing LAN
The Conrad Treasury Casino and Hotel is located in the central business area of Brisbane in several former Government buildings originally constructed over 100 years ago. The buildings have been restored and classified as historically significant. The customer wanted to install a local area network within the buildings to deliver video content to around 80 plasma video screens located throughout the complex as part of a marketing information system. The video server is located in the basement of the building near the plant and equipment rooms and the video screens are located on 5 levels thoughout the building. With over 30 distribution boards in the building of various ages and with significant old cabling systems (including fire rated cables) the project was very challenging.
Installation proceeded without interruption to the casino operations and without the need for any modification to the solid stone and brick building structure. The BPL system is remotely managed by Schneider Electric (Australia) and has significantly reduced the system installation and operating costs. The customer is very pleased with the results and has recently added further screens to the system. Conseils Généraux of Haut-Rhin, La Manche & Indre-et-Loire, France
Ilevo Customer: Conseils Généraux of Haut-Rhin, La Manche & Indre-et-Loire, France
Site: About 100 High schools in these areas
Locations: France
Project: LAN extension to share data/Internet Access
In each French department (geographic area), local authorities are in charge of dedicated public affairs, supervising, in particular, all education related matters. As part of their mission, providing all schools with the same technological ressources, especially broadband Internet access and multimedia tools, is very important.
Thus many projects have been developed to create/extend Local Area Networks (LAN) in schools and allow all classrooms to share Internet access, servers, multimedia content (e-learning, educational materials...). In that purpose, using PLC as a LAN over the electrical grid (eLAN) happened to be a cost effective and easy-to-deploy solution. Ilevo is providing PLC equipment for all High schools in Haut-Rhin, 56 Highs schools in La Manche, and over 30 in Indre-et-Loire.
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EDF (Electricité de France), France
Ilevo Customer: EDEV-CPL technologie SA (PLC branch of EDF)
Site: Courbevoie, Rosny-sous-bois and La Manche department
Locations: France
Project: Last mile access & digital divide
EDF Group is an integrated energy operator, present in all sectors of the electricity industry. It is expanding its offering to include gas and energy services. It is the major player on the French electricity market with a solid presence in the UK, Germany and Italy.
In the electricity sector, the Group has Europe's largest generation capacity. Operating in a market that is open to competition, its activities reflect the choice of a business model which is well balanced between unregulated and regulated activities, in France and abroad.
EDEV-CPL technologie is the Group subsidiary in charge of PLC deployments. The purpose of these deployments is to create a PLC infrastructure to provide broadband communications to subscribers, from MV backbone, by using the MV/LV electrical network. As a PLC equipment provider, Ilevo has deployed 3 projects with EDEV. One in Courbevoie (Paris) to reach over 2000 residential subscribers, one in Rosny (Paris) for a business area, and one in La Manche (France) to reach over 2000 subscribers, both residential and professional.
Other projects to overcome digital divide issue are under deployment in Pau, Castres, Seine-et-Marne, Levallois, Nanterre, Vercors...
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For more information about EDF, visit www.edf.com EEM (Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira), Portugal
Ilevo customer: EEM
Site: Funchal, Madeira Island
Locations: Portugal
Project: Last mile access from MV/LV substations
EEM is the Electric Utility of Madeira Island. In 1998, EEM has created EMACOM, its telecom subsidiary to create a telecommunication infrastructure allowing ISPs to provide multimedia services to their subscribers. Since 2002, EMACOM has its own licence to provide Internet services directly to end-users. A new step that led EMACOM to deploy PLC on its networks, thus developing its activities and optimizing its electrical network operations. This PLC network has been designed with Ilevo 200 Mbps PLC equipment and is intended to provide broadband Internet access and VoIP services to over 9000 end-users (either local government administration building, High schools, and residential areas in Funchal - Madeira.
For more information, visit www.eem.pt Endesa, Spain
Ilevo customer: Endesa
Site: Barcelona
Locations: Spain
Project: Electrical network management with PLC
ENDESA is the leading utility in the Spanish electricity system and the number one private-sector multinational electric utility in Latin America; it is a major operator in the European Mediterranean region. It also has equity interests in companies in the telecommunications industry and in other services that complement and contribute value to its core business.
In order to optimize its electrical network infrastructure, Endesa wanted to remote monitor its MV/LV substations, i.e. detect, remotely and in the shortest time frame, any fault occuring on the network, and find the appropriate solution to insure continuity of service. As a response, in every substation, Ilevo has associated RTU equipment (Remote Terminal Unit and Remote Monitoring Units for MV substations) from Sorhodel Bardin (a company of Schneider Electric) with PLC equipment from Ilevo. As a result, we have created a communication platform over MV power lines, allowing all fault detection equipment to communicate via appropriated web servers (according to the type of information).
For more information about Endesa, visit www.endesa.com Epresa, Spain
Ilevo customer: Epresa
Site: Puerto Real
Locations: Spain
Project: Providing ISP services
Epresa, an electric utility located in the south of Spain (Puerto Real) wanted to enhance its services offer with an Internet access option, on top of the furniture of energy to its customers. Epresa thus decided to propose a comprenhensive Internet access solution, relying on Ilevo PLC equipment. Epresa requirement was to use its electrical local loop to connect PLC head-ends within MV/LV substations, in order to offer different Internet access options with symmetrical rates (1,2,3 Mbps), together with Voice over IP services (competitive pricing, voice mail...).
Making the most of Ilevo PLC equipment, Epresa also relies on PLC for the administration of its electrical network, independantly from data and VoIP networks. Over 1000 Ilevo CPE have been installed with Epresa, and the project is suited to cover a 16.000 targeted households area.
For more information, please visit: http://www.epresa.com GAAD Ldt, Slovakia
Ilevo customer: City Online Ltd - an Ilevo distributor for Czech Republic - Slovakia
Site: Presov (100.000 inhabitants)
Locations: Slovakia
Project: Internet implementation into local coaxial Cable TV Network (15.000 end-users)
Presov, a city in eastern Slovakia - EU, has an old coaxial Cable TV Network with long cascades of amplifiers. A common way of implementing data into Cable networks - i.e. DOCSIS and cable modems - is not possible due to technical and financial obstacles. As a matter of fact, the cable operator needed a quick, effective solution instead of an expensive and very time demanding optical network upgrade which was needed for DOCSIS.
To meet this requirement, we chose to implement Ilevo PLC technology into cable TV network. In fact, PLC access equipment set-up for 75 Ohm cable system solves effectively the data access. An Ilevo ILV2010 Head-end is located with the Cable TV HE, and injects the data via a special injection point into the coaxial cable. Only few repeaters are located into cable TV amplifiers street cabinets to transport the data stream into large appartment block buildings. The PLC network usually ends in the stairway of the building - from where a local LAN distributes the data signal into appartments. The number of connected end-users is expected to reach 3.000, which represents about 400 Ilevo CPE (since it is combined with an indoor cable LAN). Groupe E, Fribourg, switzerland
Ilevo Customer: Groupe E
Location: Fribourg, Switzerland
Project: Broadband Access for Internet and VoIP services
Groupe E is a Swiss Electric Utility based in Fribourg that was created early 2006 as a result of the merging between EEF (Entreprises Electriques Fribourgeoises) et ENSA (Electricité Neuchâteloise SA).
In 2005, EEF wanted to enlarge its services portfolio and provide its subcribers with broadband Internet and VoIP services. To reach this objective, EEF created Powernet, its ISP structure and contracted Ilevo to deliver a trial with PLC equipment, in order to evaluate the performances of PLC in real operating conditions. Results were successful.
Today, Groupe E is commercializing multimedia services relying on Ilevo PLC equipment, with a massive deployment in the whole area of Fribourg.
For more information, visit: http://www.eefpowernet.ch/index.php?langue=fr Hotel Dieu Hospital, Paris, France
Ilevo Customer: Association Cheer-up
Location: Hotel Dieu, Paris
Project: Broadband Access in sterile rooms
Hotel Dieu was founded in 651 by Saint Landry and is one the oldest hospital within Paris. Among many department, Hotel Dieu hosts an insfractructure to cure patients needing to be treated in sterile rooms. Alongside doctors and specialists, the Association Cheer-up cares for patients confort during their stay. One of the main issue was to reduce the isolation of patients by allowing them to stay virtually connected with their family, friends and more generally with the outside world.
In that perspective, Ilevo provides PLC equipment to bring broadband connection to each patient, without civil works and in respect to sterile environment conditions. Ilevo is proud to belong to the consortium led by French association Cheer-Up, and to provide the hospital with both network and services. The success of the initiative suggests to replicate the deployment in other hospitals.
For more information about the project, visit:
http://www.cheer-up.net/local/presse/communique_de_presse.pdf Hotel Miracorgo, Portugal
Ilevo Customer: Connex
Site: Hotel Miracorgo
Location: Vila Real, Portugal
Project: Internet and LAN access
The Miracorgo hotel is located a business center in Vila Real, north of Portugal. The hotel has 166 bedrooms and 7 conference rooms in 2 towers (12 floors for the bigger one). The issue for the hotel management was to bring broadband Internet and to create a LAN without civil works and with no disturbance for the Hotel. The portuguese ISP Connex was selected to realize the project with PLC technology. Connex is managing the installation and maintenance of the network with Ilevo PLC equipment. The top quality of PLC equipment allows low maintenance requirements and easy remote detection of potential flows. The infrastructure is designed to support over 200 connections simultaneously. Reliance Communications, India
Ilevo Customer: Reliance Communications
Site: Mumbai & New Delhi
Location: India
Project: Last mile solutions with VoIP, Video and Data
Reliance Communications is India's leading integrated Telecommunication Company with over 25 million customers with a business that encompasses a complete range of telecom services covering mobile and fixed line telephony. It includes broadband, national and international long distance services and data services along with an exhaustive range of value-added services and applications.
Reliance Energy is India's largest integrated private sector power utility company. The company is into generation, transmission, distribution (over 5.000 MW) and trade of power.
Reliance Energy and its affiliated companies power 2 out of 3 homes in Mumbai and 1out of 2 in New Delhi, with a consumer base of 5 millions catering to an estimated population of 25 millions in Mumbai, Delhi and Orissa. It is poised to become a nationwide power company, providing world class quality, reliable and competitively priced power to millions of customers.
With Ilevo equipment, Reliance realized the first step of its PLC deployment in Mumbai with 5.000 homes passed in order to validate the global business case giving Internet Access and voice services to end-users. SIPPEREC Public Service Delegation, France
Ilevo Customer: Mecelec Telecoms - Ile de France
Site: Paris Greater Area
Location: France
Project: Last mile solutions with VoIP and Data
SIPPEREC is responsible for electrical and telecommunication affairs on behalf of 86 townships from Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne, Yvelines, and Val d'Oise (Greater Paris Area).
As a key expert among these townships, SIPPEREC helps them to define their digital country planning. Among all available technologies, SIPPEREC identified PLC as a mature technology to bring broadband Internet and telephony (VoIP) via any power outlet and offer new services to consumers, professionals, local administration and energy companies.
As a result, SIPPEREC chose MECELEC TELECOMS to start the largest PLC deployment ever realized in the world, involving 86 townships within the Greater Paris Area, with a potential of 1.5 million households.
As the technological partner, Ilevo provides PLC equipment for the project. In terms of volumes, the first estimations are up to 300.000 CPE and 130.000 repeaters.
For more information on the project, download the Press Release