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September 18, 2009
RAD Spotlights Ethernet Access Solutions for the Electricity Industry at Smart Grids Summit 2009
RAD Data Communications, the industry-leading manufacturer of telecommunications access solutions, has exhibited at the Smart Grids Summit 2009, which provides the electricity industry the opportunity to meet and discuss the formation of the European smart grid infrastructure.
“RAD is in a unique position to assist the power industry as it builds Europe’s smart grid infrastructure,” states Mati Epstein, Director of Strategic Sales Development at RAD Data Communications. “The industry faces a challenge since most substations are not equipped with native Ethernet connectivity, and multiplexers deployed in those substations in years past do not have Ethernet ports.”
The need to accommodate Ethernet at substations has resulted from several trends. More and more network elements – SCADA equipment, for example – are now Ethernet-based. In addition, substation equipment is increasingly managed remotely over Ethernet from a central site. Ethernet-based video surveillance has become routine. Field technicians now have to connect their laptops to the utility’s intranet. And finally, smart metering system data concentrated at a central location has to be backhauled over legacy networks. All smart metering devices have Ethernet interfaces.
“For substations lacking native Ethernet connectivity, the most cost-effective, guaranteed solution is to transport Ethernet over the legacy technologies supported by the existing multiplexers, which include SDH/SONET, PDH and copper,” Epstein explains. “This is the RAD advantage, since we offer a solution for providing any service over any technology,” he notes. “RAD has an answer for every possible scenario that could be employed for transporting Ethernet over any of these legacy networks at an affordable cost.”
RAD’s utility customers include Hydro Quebec and Atco Electric in Canada, Brazil’s Eletronorte, Enel, Italy’s largest electric company and the third largest energy supplier in the world, and Germany’s E.ON, the world’s largest investor-owned energy service provider.
The Smart Grids Summit 2009 was held September 14-15 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Founded in 1981, RAD Data Communications has achieved international recognition as a major manufacturer of high quality access and backhaul equipment for data communications and telecommunications applications. These solutions serve the data and voice access requirements of service providers, carriers, and enterprise networks, as well as utilities and transportation systems. The company's installed base exceeds 12,000,000 units and includes more than 150 carriers and operators around the world, including AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom/Orange, Hutchison, KDDI, Telekom Austria, TeliaSonera, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Vodafone. RAD is an active participant in industry organizations such as the IETF, Broadband Forum, ITU, and MEF. Its customers are supported by 33 offices and more than 300 channel partners in 165 countries.
RAD is a member of the RAD Group of companies, a world leader in networking and internetworking product solutions.
RAD Data Communications site: www.rad.com
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Bob Eliaz
Media Relations Manager
RAD Data Communications
24 Raoul Wallenberg St.
Tel Aviv 69719, Israel
Tel: +972-3-6458134
Fax: +972-3-6498250
e-mail: bob@rad.com
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