The city of San Jose, the nation’s tenth largest city, has deployed more than 1,000 Actelis (News - Alert) Networks systems. According to the equipment supplier, there is literally an Actelis box located at every intersection within the city limits.

 

Actelis sells Ethernet in the First Mile over copper solutions. The city is using the Actelis ML600 series of intelligent Ethernet access devices and its point-to-multipoint Ethernet aggregation systems for intelligent transportation applications to improve traffic flow and road safety, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The project involves the installation of IP-based Ethernet traffic signal controllers being placed at each of the city’s intersections, backhaul of IP video from cameras monitoring traffic flow, and response and dynamic message signs that include directing traffic for downtown events, as well as providing information on the availability of downtown parking spaces.

The Actelis’ systems leverage the city’s existing copper interconnect.

 

“When evaluating our options for upgrading to an all-IP network, we found that utilizing the City’s existing copper interconnect in combination with fiber-optic cable backbones was the most beneficial and cost-effective solution,” says Ho Nguyen, associate engineer for San Jose’s transportation operations system management group. “With the Actelis solutions, we were able to leverage our existing copper without sacrificing our need to implement a wide breadth of emerging applications over our new IP network.”

 

San Jose is just the latest municipal customer for Actelis, which in March announced a similar deal with the city of Sacramento, and expects to announce more customers of this nature in the future.

 

Actelis has more than 200 customers in 40 countries and was recently named the global market share leader in its space by Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert) and Infonetics Research.