Avaya builds FIFA World Cup 2006 communications network

Mobility will be a decisive factor for the productivity and efficiency of journalists and FIFA employees during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Avaya, a provider of communications applications, systems and services, is developing a convergent communications network for the sporting event that will be able to supply around 15,000 media representatives around the world with up-to-date information and photos of the matches in the shortest possible time. Thanks to several wireless local area networks (WLAN), journalists and photographers can move around freely in some stadiums and, thanks to the modular messaging application, access, store and manage calls, e-mails and files from any phone or laptop via a single interface. Avaya already provided the convergent network for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.