EUROFIBER
HOW EUROFIBER IS CONNECTING CITIES
AMSTERDAM ROTTERDAM
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Eurofiber has a unique partnership with Amsterdam Smart City ( ASC ) who work with companies , governments , knowledge institutions and the people of Amsterdam with the aim of developing the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area as a smart city .
As the Dutch government has recognised , for a city to become connected it needs an open digital network so different providers can install and operate their services in an efficient way .
Eurofiber ’ s fibre optic infrastructure in the capital is very dense . The finemeshed network coverage across the Dutch capital is laying the foundation for smart city applications so that sensors , intelligent systems , Internet of Things applications and big data analyses can be used efficiently .
Amsterdam has the most inhabitants of a Dutch municipality : 859,732 in an area of 219 km ² – a quarter of which is water . Eurofiber ’ s coverage extends to hospitals , schools , metro services , energy stations and the famous canals with some 50 bridges and locks connected via the Eurofiber network , as well as 200 bus shelters and dozens of security cameras in the public space . With an average network distance of 400 meters to the backbone , 96 per cent of the locations in the Amsterdam region are within their network coverage .
Eurofiber started in 2018 with the construction of a large-scale , fine-mesh fibre optic network between all locations of the Municipality of Rotterdam . With this project , all existing fibre optic networks of the Municipality of Rotterdam are optimised and linked to the Eurofiber network , creating a single high-quality fibre optic network for the municipality .
“ We ' ve helped them connect everything from bridges to cameras and the electricity network . When we talk about a smart city , it means that everything in that city will benefit from being connected with fibre and opening up opportunities for the people living there ,” said Danon .
“ It is a key enabler which will allow the city to live its full digital potential and deliver its citizens more ecological and effective connectivity . We also have to think of future-proofing a smart city and prepare it for a future of 5G and edge computing .
BERLIN
Eurofiber has just appointed Christoph Klein as Managing Director Germany to lead the expansion in Germany as part of its European growth strategy . Eurofiber entered the German market with a joint venture with Vattenfall , which is established to connect more than 500,000 households and businesses in Berlin .
32 July 2021