SLT tapped for new CKE fibre optic network
View(s):Sri Lanka Telecom has been tapped to “provide consultancy services as well as oversee and inspect the Colombo-Katunayake Expressway (CKE) project’s communication infrastructure and issue an independent certification for fibre optic installation to assure its capacity to many terra bytes per second along the 25.8 km long Expressway”, according to a statement issued by the government owned telco.
Further, the statement also noted that it had received this contract following the company having “successfully completed the laying of 117 kms of optical fibre cable along the Southern Expressway”.
Additionally revealed; “SLT will be facilitating the Road Development Authority (RDA) in their overall operation of Colombo-Katunayake Expressway through the provision of a high capacity and reliable, fault free optical fibre based telecommunications network operating along the CKE, capable of handling 1Gbps to 10Gbps speeds when required. Also the company supports the project with further solutions by including the 1969 Emergency Call Number for Sri Lanka’s expressways, high bandwidth Ethernet Data connectivity between the Katunayake Control Centre and the Southern Expressway (Galanigama), Ethernet Data connectivity between Electronic toll gate and Bank for payment gateway”.
The SLT statement also quoted its Chief Enterprise and Wholesale Officer Kiththi Perera as commenting; “The fibre optic network can be integrated with the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) surveillance system to improve road safety and emergency services. Further this network will be essential to develop the tolling systems and traffic management systems operations… Also SLT is planning to undertake signing a contract for the maintenance of the Fibre Optic Communications Cables along the Colombo-Katunayake expressway”.