The background
South West Communications Group provides Sandy Park with a state-of-the art wireless, hosted communications system.
Sandy Park Stadium & Conference Centre is a purpose-built £15 million rugby venue, complete with full training facilities and commercial offices topped with 2 expansive floors of banqueting suites. It is home to Exeter Chiefs RFC as well as hosting national and international banquets and conferences for gatherings of up to 1,000 delegates.
The challenge
Sandy Park required a single information technology and communications solution to satisfy the operational needs of both its rugby and conferencing staff, as well as those of its visitors.
Sandy Park’s vision was to enhance the visitor experience for its clients in a pleasant, safe and entertaining environment with flexible working and communications facilities. The stadium and conference centre needed a wide ranging solution to meet its telephony, data, Internet, CCTV, disaster recovery, metered WiFi access, audio visual entertainment and media accessibility needs. This would mean the integration of a number of differing technologies and equipment from a variety of manufacturers yet providing a seamless customer experience.
However, Sandy Park was built on an isolated green field site making provision of sufficient voice, data and Internet connectivity at a reasonable price problematic, especially with the stadium and conference centre being built in just an 8 month timeframe.
The solution
South West Communications Group provided Sandy Park with all its communications needs via a point to point microwave link from their Exeter data centre providing a fully hosted and managed solution with the following functions:
- Point to point microwave link for all voice, data and Internet traffic
- Hosted telephony including lines and minutes provision
- DECT cordless telephony
- Auto attendant
- Local Area Network (LAN) infrastructure
- Public WiFi Internet access
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