INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cabling
R&M hosts Middle East
launch of copper and
optical cabling solutions
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R&M CEO Michel Riva
visited the UAE and joined
top regional executives
to officially launch the
company’s new Cat. 8.1,
Netscale 72 and inteliPhy
net solutions in the
Middle East.
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&M has unveiled its new Cat. 8.1,
Netscale 72 and inteliPhy net network
cabling solutions in the Middle East.
The launch in Dubai was attended by Peter
Harradine, President of the Swiss Business
Council, Dubai and Northern Emirates,
as well as several R&M customers from
the region, including the Deputy General
Manager and top executives from Istanbul
Grand Airport (IGA). Netscale 72 offers
the highest density of FO ports and can
be used to create large spine-leaf network
architectures in cloud data centres and
facilitate fast migration to new network
generations, such as the step from 10
Gigabit to 40 or 100 Gigabit capacity.
inteliPhy net is R&M’s easy-to-operate
DCIM solution for asset, capacity and
change management in data centres. The
solution attaches importance to a simplified
representation and convinces by its intuitive,
web-based operation.
“To date, R&M’s fibre optic solutions have
represented a perfect balance between
high performance, flexible configuration
and state-of-the-art port density. With
Netscale 72 we have shifted the balance
further towards intelligence, monitoring and
automation,” said Dr. Thomas Wellinger,
Market Manager Data Centre, R&M.
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Alfred Tharwat, Head of Training and Data
Centre Consultancy, R&M MEA and Turkey,
introduced attendees to the company’s new
Cat. 8.1 cabling system with his presentation
titled ‘Next Generation Components for LAN
and Data Centre’.
R&M’s new cabling solution is designed for
data centres and office LANs and supports up
to 40 Gigabit/s Ethernet (GbE) – the fastest
data transmission rate that local networks
with structured copper cabling can achieve
today. In line with the specifications of the
ISO/IEC and TIA standards, the company
guarantees 40GbE performance for 24-metre
permanent links and up to 30-metre channel
depending on the patch cords used.
Emrah Bayarçelik, Deputy General Manager,
IGA, delivered a compelling testimonial
detailing how the largest airport in the
world is now also the first globally to
be fully digitised with its key security,
communication and IT functions based
on a network provided by R&M. The Swiss
company’s cabling connects the airport’s
ICT systems for customs, security staff and
the police force, as well as 9,000 surveillance
cameras, 3,000 card readers and 5,000
Wi-Fi access points, giving the airport a full-
coverage WLAN.
Michel Riva, CEO at R&M, said: “We are
proud to bring to the Middle East these
innovative solutions that represent the
pinnacle of technology in their respective
cabling domains. 2020 will be a landmark
year for the whole region with Dubai hosting
the Expo 2020, opening new horizons for the
sustainable future of our planet.
“The Middle East is also one of the most
important sales regions for R&M and a focus
for our activities in the coming year. We are
proud to be among the top three providers
of connectivity, exciting our customers in the
government, telecom provider and enterprise
sectors with next-generation networks.” n
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