Country : United Arab Emirates
City : Dubai
Carrier : Etisalat
GPON Fact : Worlds biggest GPON installation, in the world’s biggest tower.
The Burj Khalifa is located in city of Dubai, UAE.
Bringing Burj Khalifa to life required a combination of visionary ideals and solid science. In the process, the project amassed an awe-inspiring number of facts, figures, and statistics.
Some fun facts and figures about the Burj Khalifa;
At over 828 meters (2,716.5 feet) and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa holds the following world records:
- Tallest building in the world
- Tallest residential building in the world
- Tallest free-standing structure in the world
- Building with most floors: 163
- Highest number of stories in the world
- Highest occupied floor in the world
- Highest outdoor observation deck in the world
- Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
- Tallest service elevator in the world
- Highest vertical concrete pumping
- World’s highest nightclub: 144th floor
- World’s highest restaurant (Atmosphere): 122nd floor at 442 m
- World’s highest New Year display of fireworks.
- World’s largest light and sound show staged on a single building.
- World’s highest installation of an aluminum and glass façade: 512 m
Huawei and Honeywell relied on leading telecom operator Emirates Telecommunications Etisalat who successfully deployed the world first 10G GPON commercial networks in the world’s tallest Skyscraper Burj Khalifa (formerly Mingdibaita), bringing in 1G access and Elife business for 30,000 end users, which has greatly enhanced the network bandwidth to meeting the 4K, 8K HD video Services.
The network provides IP VPN and other services, fully meeting more than 200 multinational corporations and luxury hotels in the tower with the ultra-wideband, highly reliable business needs.
For Further GPON Information about the GPON Solution installed at the Burj Khalifa please follow the links below,
The world’s tallest building and Dubai’s most iconic structure, the Burj Khalifa, has been named the UAE’s ‘smartest building’ by Honeywell, said Norm Gilsdorf, president for Honeywell’s Middle East, Russia and Central Asia regions.
How Honeywell helped the Burj Khalifa become a smart building (inbuildingtech.com)
Armani Hotel Dubai is nestled in the world’s tallest tower, occupying concourse level through to level 8 and levels 38 and 39, Armani Hotel Dubai offers sweeping views across the city and Arabian Gulf. With its own dedicated entrance, it is situated within walking distance of The Dubai Mall, the world’s largest retail destination, set within the vibrant Downtown Dubai business and leisure district.
Contact Victor from PON Project Services on 0428 186 800 or vholters@ponprojects.com to learn more.
