Rail and subway operators are always looking for ways to improve productivity by increasing the revenues from passenger services. In recent years, they have installed more surveillance, real-time control, and automated equipment alongside their infrastructure to provide better, more reliable, safer and more secure service. These advances have led to a tremendous increase in rail and subway communication requirements for computer networking, video monitoring, telephony services, ticketing management and passenger control.
This presents a major challenge to communication network planners. Today, most rail and subway telecommunication networks use distinct systems for the various types of applications. These systems typically include mixed generations of communications equipment. Typically, each application utilizes a dedicated communication system for either voice or data communication. To support emerging applications, the communication network must support existing services while also enabling the cost-effective introduction of new services over the same platform.
ECI Telecom provides rail and subway operators with the choices they need to fulfill their networking goals. ECI offers a full single-vendor solution based on its multiservice platforms.