London Gears Up for Most Wired Olympics Ever
"We don't want to reinvent anything," Reynolds said. "Let's stick with the tech we've got."
BT is the main communications technology supplier for the games. BT is working on an "industrial-strength" fiber network that meets ISO/IEC 27000 security standards for critical networking capability, said Stuart Hill, vice president for BT's London 2012 Delivery Program.
The scale of BT's work is immense, Hill said. BT is responsible for all fixed, mobile, wide and local area networking, network security and transmission. That includes 16,500 fixed-line telephones, support for 14,000 mobile phones and 1,000 desks with broadband and fixed telephones in the International Broadcast Center/Main Press Center. BT will lay more than 2,800 miles of cabling, as well as install some 1,000 Wi-Fi access points around venues, Hill said.
When the games come, the networks have to work without a glitch.
"If you've got no signal, just remember Stuart Hill that day," he said. "Just remember that I did have a good career until that point."
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