Siklu, the market leader in millimeter wave radios and a competitor in the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, has provided high capacity wireless links to the city of Arvada, Colorado, a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood metro area.
The links were deployed by system integrator Netunwired.
Municipal facilities gained a productivity-boosting 1Gbps throughput, and costly recurring leased line expenses were eliminated.
In 2016 a wide range of municipal facilities, including the Arvada police were serviced by a central DS3 leased circuit, which was split into T1 lines, so that each facility received a throughput of 1.5Mbps.
The slow speeds were hampering productivity and the IT department was unable to implement a uniform network policy or run a more robust virtualized server network.
Arvada needed high throughput connectivity that would perform like fiber, but without prohibitive up front trenching costs.
They turned to wireless system integrator Netunwired to find a solution. Their requirements were for full duplex gigabit service, with reliability high enough to carry mission critical municipal services.
Netunwired suggested Siklu’s EtherHaul™ millimeter wave radios. They installed a mix of EtherHaul™ radios achieving 99.99% reliability over the air at 1000Mbps full duplex.
Siklu mmWave Portfolio
Siklu’s PtP and PtMP millimeter-wave radios comprise a complete range of wireless connectivity solutions for urban and sub-urban networks.
Facilitating reliable, fiber-like transmission for high-density implementations, the compact, field proven products deliver high-capacity connectivity over ample spectrum for multifarious applications.
For two of the longer wireless links they added Siklu’s proprietary Overbuild™ long range protocol which enables mmWave connections to perform close to 100% reliability even at a distance of a few miles.
“If you need fiber performance but can’t afford to trench and wait, millimeter waves are your best choice, said Eyal Assa, Siklu’s CEO.
“We’re able to provide the gigabit capacity and reliability that’s remarkably close to fiber and is robust enough to carry mission critical services like Arvada’s Police Department connection.”
The large spectrum and narrow beams used by Siklu’s mmWave radios make it an extremely reliable solution that is immune to interference.
Netunwired were able to complete most of the project within three weeks of its initiation by the city. City workers immediately benefited from enhanced productivity and a more robust IT infrastructure, while the monthly recurring DS3 expense was eliminated.
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“IT equipment such as caching servers aren’t needed anymore, because of the excellent LAN-like response time and performance” says Tim Stewart of Netunwired.
“And the City of Arvada achieved a positive return on investment within a few months, in addition to gaining a 100x capacity boost.”
Siklu at a Glance
Siklu develops, builds and delivers the best millimeter wave wireless connectivity radios on the planet, improving a wide range of communication for a great many people.
Siklu opened the market for affordable gigabit capacity for every network, creating the first mass-produced millimeter wave radio, which is still the most deployed mmWave connectivity solution in the world.
Their interference-free wireless links operate over the widest, existing, available frequency spectrum.
Siklu technology brings scalability, multigigabit capacity and reliability to the world of dense networks, and they are dedicated to delivering great value through fast-and-easy-to-deploy solutions that deliver flawless, predicated performance.
Easily installed on street-fixtures or rooftops, the price-competitive radios have proved to be ideal for networks requiring fast and simple deployment of secure, fiber-like and future-proof connectivity with thousands of carrier-grade systems are delivering interference-free performance world-wide.
Siklu is ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certified.
Siklu in 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program
The 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, is organized to recognize the most distinguished vendors of Physical, IT, Port Security, Law Enforcement, First Responders, (Fire, EMT, Military, Support Services Vets, SBA, Medical Tech) as well as the Federal, State, County and Municipal Government Agencies – to acknowledge their outstanding efforts to ‘Keep our Nation Secure, One City at a Time.’
As an ‘ASTORS’ competitor, Siklu will be competing against the industries leading providers of innovative wireless connectivity.
2017 ‘ASTORS’ Winners will be honored at the ‘American Security Expo 2017’ to be held November 8-9, 2017, in the Meadowlands Exposition Center, at the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Luncheon which will take place the afternoon of November 8, 2017.
The full two-day conference & exhibit venue in the New York City area, will include a full schedule of conference meetings and speakers – plus an Unmanned Security, Robotics & Drone Exhibition Arena, Hiring Event & Education Opportunities.
Good luck to Siklu on becoming a Winner of the 2017 American Security Today’s Homeland Security Awards Program!
To learn more about Siklu interference-free, millimeter wave wireless connectivity radios please visit the company’s website at www.siklu.com.
