As part of its endeavors to develop the Finest City Center in the Middle East and reclaim the role of Beirut as the regional Business Hub, Solidere is continuously deploying all efforts to develop strategies and introduce new added-value services with a view to render the Beirut Central District a unique mixed-use environment and a choice business destination.
SOLIDERE, the Lebanese Company for the Development and Reconstruction of Beirut Central District s.a.l, has signed an agreement with EQUANT, an industry leader in global communication services and a subsidiary of France Telecom, for the provisioning of a state-of-the-art IP-based Metropolitan Area Broadband Network for the Beirut City Center.
Equant’s model for emerging and incumbent carriers will provide Solidere with a private MPLS-based IP network, in partnership with market leaders Cisco System,which supports video-on-demand, videoconferencing, closed circuit television, gaming services, IP-based television services and a scalable internet gateway for internet access. Equant will be responsible for the deployment of the network in coordination with Solidere for the integration of the services and their final delivery to the end user via Solidere’s Operation Center. Equant’s consultants and strategic technology partner, Cisco Systems, worked closely with Solidere to design a flexible long-term solution, based on a Fiber Optic backbone to the user with the most advanced telecommunication equipment.
Introducing Advanced Fiber Optic Broadband Technologies into the Beirut City Center will propel Solidere in the prestigious membership of the Broadband Intelligent Community, where advanced Internet and multimedia services have become decisive factors in the choice of any business or residential destination.
Solidere’s Broadband Network is a pioneer telecommunication project in Lebanon and the Region located in the heart of the Beirut City Center, a highly dense area that will be able to answer the needs of all categories of users. It is a demand driven, scalable, resilient network that will provide a wide range of services to residential, retail, business, corporate, public sector and tourist community. These services include but are not limited to:
• High Speed Internet Access
• IP Virtual Private Network for Corporate Clients
• Data Center Services
• IPTV Broadcast Services
• On line Gaming
• Security Surveillance through CCTV systems
• Wireless Access in Public Areas
• Interactive Video Conferencing
• World Class Support Customer Contact Center.
The Beirut Central District Broadband Network (BCD-BBN) is currently in the deployment phase with services expected to be available starting end of 2006.
It’s forthcoming implementation will result in the up-grading of Beirut’s telecommunication potential, will project Beirut into the 21st century high-tech arena and will transform it’s City Center into a 24 hour living IT Zone, giving rise to added business activities, creating new jobs and positioning the Beirut City Center as the most prestigious, vibrant and advanced mixed-use regional real estate development.
