Idaho National Laboratory selects Nokia to expand their GSM/EDGE network

Idaho National Laboratory selects Nokia to expand their GSM/EDGE network

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has chosen Nokia to expand its GSM/EDGE network to support INL’s efforts to evaluate commercial wireless technology for government applications. As part of the agreement, which expands Nokia’s existing relationship as the INL’s primary networks vendor, Nokia will supply its GSM radio equipment and services, including its industry-leading MSC Server System, a mobile softswitch solution based on 3GPP Release 4 Core architecture.

Nokia will also provide an extensive range of installation, training and care services, including Spare Parts Management services. The system will be installed at the INL’s Critical Infrastructure Test Range facility in Idaho, with deliveries taking place in the second half of 2006. Nokia has supplied the INL with Wireless Solutions and Services since 2004.

The INL is a science-based, applied engineering national laboratory dedicated to developing technologies and solutions in nuclear energy, national and homeland security, and science and technology. The laboratory has a comprehensive research and development initiative in critical infrastructure protection, including wireless and communications systems.

The 890 square mile Critical Infrastructure Test Range provides full-scale testing for the performance and evaluation of both physical and network security solutions in industrial process control, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and energy management systems, communications networks, and information systems. Battelle Energy Alliance manages and operates the laboratory for the Department of Energy. “Nokia’s GSM/EDGE network will give us a high-quality and dependable platform to test commercial wireless technology in our efforts to provide unmatched support for federal projects,” said Lynda Brighton, Projects Lead at the Idaho National Laboratory.

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