Eircom

eircom to transform communications platform at National University of Ireland Galway

Investment in excess of €1m in New Platform

National University of Ireland Galway

eircom today announced that it will provide a next generation communications platform to the National University of Ireland Galway, (NUI Galway). This is a five year strategic project with an investment in excess of €1m.  eircom will design, deliver and support a complete Unified Communications and Network Infrastructure platform for 3,000 users at NUI Galway, using Avaya and Cisco Systems solutions. 

The new communications platform will provide a number of practical and financial benefits to NUI Galway.  It will enable the staff, students and faculties to connect and collaborate on a mobile basis and have high-speed access to information.  Voice users will experience enhanced services including unified messaging (e.g. voice mail in Outlook inbox access to the corporate directory.)  On a financial level, it will reduce costs, improve operational efficiencies and manage technological change.

eircom’s strategic solution includes an Avaya IP Telephony system and a Unified Communications platform for the new Engineering building which will bring together all of the engineering departments. It also provides a new network infrastructure based on Cisco Systems and provides access to 5,000 network nodes.  It will be fully compatible with the main campus infrastructure. eircom will also implement a comprehensive training plan and supply a highly experienced full-time engineer on site to operate and support the new and existing voice systems.

Commenting on the announcement, Ronan Kneafsey, Managing Director, eircom Business, said: “We are delighted to provide NUI Galway with a trusted and proven solution.  This new platform will transform the way that the staff and students work and communicate in the ‘Campus of the Future’.”

The National University of Ireland Galway has more than 17,000 students from 90 countries across the world and was named ‘The Sunday Times University of the Year 2009-2010’. 

See more about their vision of the future at: http://www.nuigalway.ie/campusofthefuture/information.html