May 21, 2010
WSJ WIRE – Friday, May 21, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Dallas, TX, May 21, 2010—Telecommunications Properties Inc. has been
contracted by the Louisville Arena Authority to oversee design,
installation, and management of a state-of-the-art in-building wireless
system for the new sports arena complex now in development.
The authority board contacted TPI when the technical issue of cellular
transmission quality emerged as a problem requiring special expertise.
Construction materials interfere with signals creating cut-outs and
distortions of sound. For arena patrons, mobile phone interference is an
annoyance, but in cases of emergency, “first-responder” communications
is a vital public safety matter.
A sub-set of emerging solutions—called “distributed antenna systems”
(DAS)—is in constant development by telecommunications providers. But
the management of such a project requires more than conventional vendor
contracting. Texas-based TPI has performed countless DAS installations
over the years as value-added outsource, and demonstrated an on-staff
capability that won the LAA contract.
“For the duration of the Louisville project, we’ll be acting as a
virtual extension of the Arena Authority,” said Jimmy Chiles, president
of TPI. “We are honored and excited to accept the in-building wireless
responsibility from the folks in Kentucky,” Chiles added.
TPI will help sort out and select sub-contractors, and oversee quality
assurances among all related technology providers. TPI has installed and
manages infrastructural telecommunications for properties in Dallas,
Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Houston. The new
Dallas Cowboy Stadium is a TPI client.
CONTACT:
Jeff Alexander, Wireless Systems Manager; 214-231-3346
www.tpidas.com
