By Ashley Karen
Rajant Corp, a Wireless networking technology company, and AIRadio, a distribution partner, have rolled-out Wi-Fi access on Istanbul metro line M8 trains and stations.
The 14·3 km automated line connecting Bostancı with Dudullu on the Anatolian side of Istanbul was inaugurated on January 6, and the Wi-Fi went live in August.
The equipment incorporated Rajant RCP tunnel antennas, Hawk BreadCrumbs Kinetic Mesh wireless radio nodes, and SlipStream XG.
Koral Turkkan, AIRadio Vice-President of Sales & Business Development, pointed out: “Deploying a dedicated LTE or even a 5G network was not an option due to challenges such as capital and operating costs. Further, neither LTE nor 5G provides seamless handoffs to maintain user-application connections, whether for entertainment like Netflix or live-streamed Google Meet.”
