Bell completes Olympic network a year before 2010 Winter Games

VANCOUVER – Bell has launched its 2010 Winter Games telecommunications network, completing the migration of the Vancouver Organizing Committee's communications needs from its commercial network to Bell's network in "record setting time". The network used almost 300 km of fibre optic cable, running from Vancouver to Whistler, to connect 130 Olympic and Games-related venues in order to deliver all voice, data, image and broadcast traffic for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. This includes the wireless communications needs of close to two million visitors, approximately 30,000 staff and volunteers, 5,000 athletes and 10,000 media, plus a 24/7 technology command centre called the Technology...