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Box TGV: The OCEA Consortium Meets the Challenge of Internet Access in High-speed Trains
Combined Expertise of Orange Business Services, Eutelsat, Alstom and Capgemini Enable SNCF to Launch Internet Connectivity for Passengers on TGV East Trains
PARIS, January 18, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Launched on December 1 by France's SNCF rail company, the Box
TGV service is now enabling passengers using the eastern route of its
high-speed network to benefit from a unique multimedia and Internet service.
Box TGV uses technology and infrastructure developed by the OCEA consortium,
led by Orange Business Services and including Eutelsat, Alstom and Capgemini.
The technological achievements realised by the consortium have
risen to the challenge of ensuring service at high speed in a high voltage
electrical environment, and integrating the system's maintenance into the
overall maintenance schedules of a high-speed network with no impact on the
rotation of trains.
Assembling competence from four experts in their field
As prime contractor for the overall programme, Orange Business
Services assured the integration of services and the communications
infrastructure, and used the R&D teams of Orange to develop the mobile router
for connectivity between the satellite and WiFi network. As the operator and
integrator, Orange Business Services also provides access, operation and
maintenance services of the on board WiFi network and the Internet access.
"Providing Internet connectivity at 320 kph was a new
challenge that we are all proud to have successfully addressed for the SNCF,"
commented Philippe Roger, Vice President Large Accounts France at Orange
Business Services. "The Internet access solution proposed by Box TGV is
emblematic of our skills and our capacity to drive innovation that opens the
benefits of the Internet to the broadest range of users."
Eutelsat is supplying the satellite component of the network.
The satellite antennas installed on the roof of the trains were specifically
developed to comply with available headroom, and can operate at speeds up to
360 kph in a high voltage electrical environment. The system operates via
Eutelsat's ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 2 satellite, using an advanced spread-spectrum
technique, which makes it possible to layer up data flows transmitted to and
from the trains. The service is available on the entire TGV East network
serving France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland, and currently supplies a
total throughput of 30 Mbps, which can be increased as required.
Alstom brought its experience of railway standards and
equipment integration. It is responsible for supply and installation of the
Wi-Fi equipment and the servers which process and store the on board
multimedia portals. Alstom also installed the LAN network, which is connected
to the servers feeding the carriages of each train and the WiFI hotspots in
each carriage.
Capgemini, through its Telecom & Media sector in France,
carried out the end-to-end supervision application, from the ground servers
to hardware and software equipments on board of each of the French high speed
train wagons. The operators thus have a global vision of the working
conditions of the system, and the necessary information to correct
malfunctions. Capgemini has also developed geolocation softwares that can
provide information on the speed and location displayed on the portal.
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The overall service architecture and network:
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Source: Orange Business Services, Eutelsat Communications, Alstom and Capgemini
Contacts : Orange, Corinne Hofer, Orange Business Services, +33-1-44-37-62-62, corinne.hofer@orange-ftgroup.com ; Heloise Rothenbuler, Orange, +33-1-44-44-93-93,
service.presse@orange-ftgroup.com ; Eutelsat: Vanessa O'Connor, +33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr ; Frederique Gautier, +33-1-53-98-37-91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr ; Analysts/Investors : Lisa Finas, +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com ; Capgemini: Tuba Kocaefe, +33-1-49-67-44-48, tuba.kocaefe@capgemini.com
Box TGV: The OCEA Consortium Meets the Challenge of Internet Access in High-speed Trains
Combined Expertise of Orange Business Services, Eutelsat, Alstom and Capgemini Enable SNCF to Launch Internet Connectivity for Passengers on TGV East Trains
PARIS, January 18, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Launched on December 1 by France's SNCF rail company, the Box
TGV service is now enabling passengers using the eastern route of its
high-speed network to benefit from a unique multimedia and Internet service.
Box TGV uses technology and infrastructure developed by the OCEA consortium,
led by Orange Business Services and including Eutelsat, Alstom and Capgemini.
The technological achievements realised by the consortium have
risen to the challenge of ensuring service at high speed in a high voltage
electrical environment, and integrating the system's maintenance into the
overall maintenance schedules of a high-speed network with no impact on the
rotation of trains.
Assembling competence from four experts in their field
As prime contractor for the overall programme, Orange Business
Services assured the integration of services and the communications
infrastructure, and used the R&D teams of Orange to develop the mobile router
for connectivity between the satellite and WiFi network. As the operator and
integrator, Orange Business Services also provides access, operation and
maintenance services of the on board WiFi network and the Internet access.
"Providing Internet connectivity at 320 kph was a new
challenge that we are all proud to have successfully addressed for the SNCF,"
commented Philippe Roger, Vice President Large Accounts France at Orange
Business Services. "The Internet access solution proposed by Box TGV is
emblematic of our skills and our capacity to drive innovation that opens the
benefits of the Internet to the broadest range of users."
Eutelsat is supplying the satellite component of the network.
The satellite antennas installed on the roof of the trains were specifically
developed to comply with available headroom, and can operate at speeds up to
360 kph in a high voltage electrical environment. The system operates via
Eutelsat's ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 2 satellite, using an advanced spread-spectrum
technique, which makes it possible to layer up data flows transmitted to and
from the trains. The service is available on the entire TGV East network
serving France, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland, and currently supplies a
total throughput of 30 Mbps, which can be increased as required.
Alstom brought its experience of railway standards and
equipment integration. It is responsible for supply and installation of the
Wi-Fi equipment and the servers which process and store the on board
multimedia portals. Alstom also installed the LAN network, which is connected
to the servers feeding the carriages of each train and the WiFI hotspots in
each carriage.
Capgemini, through its Telecom & Media sector in France,
carried out the end-to-end supervision application, from the ground servers
to hardware and software equipments on board of each of the French high speed
train wagons. The operators thus have a global vision of the working
conditions of the system, and the necessary information to correct
malfunctions. Capgemini has also developed geolocation softwares that can
provide information on the speed and location displayed on the portal.
http://www.eutelsat.com/news/img/sncf-2.gif
The overall service architecture and network:
http://www.eutelsat.com/news/img/sncf-1.gif
Source: Orange Business Services, Eutelsat Communications, Alstom and Capgemini
Contacts : Orange, Corinne Hofer, Orange Business Services, +33-1-44-37-62-62, corinne.hofer@orange-ftgroup.com ; Heloise Rothenbuler, Orange, +33-1-44-44-93-93,
service.presse@orange-ftgroup.com ; Eutelsat: Vanessa O'Connor, +33-1-53-98-37-91, voconnor@eutelsat.fr ; Frederique Gautier, +33-1-53-98-37-91, fgautier@eutelsat.fr ; Analysts/Investors : Lisa Finas, +33-1-53-98-35-30, investors@eutelsat-communications.com ; Capgemini: Tuba Kocaefe, +33-1-49-67-44-48, tuba.kocaefe@capgemini.com