012 Smile.Communications To Deploy Extensive WiFi Internet Access System for Sheba Medical Center
012 Smile.Communications (NASDAQ Global market and TASE: SMLC), a growth-oriented provider of communication services in Israel, today announced that it has been chosen by Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer to deploy an extensive Wireless Internet Access system for the use of its doctors, staff, patients and guests.
Under the framework of the contract, 012 Smile.Communications will design, install, manage and maintain a state-of-the-art, high-speed wireless access network throughout the medical center, including in its mother and child center and residential areas as well as in the attached hotel and shopping center. It will also provide “surfing stations” throughout the campus, and support all services on a 24/7 basis.
“We are proud to add the prestigious Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer to the long list of hospitals and other health establishments that have chosen 012.Smile Communications to deploy wireless access networks throughout their facilities,” commented Mr. Yaron Steinberg, VP Sales of 012 Smile.Communications. “Our traction in this important sector is a natural outgrowth of the many large-scale WiFi projects that we have completed over the past two years for a broad variety of customers, extending wireless access throughout many of the Clal Health Fund’s hospitals as well as to 140 branches of the Yellow convenience store chain, the Ben Gurion airport terminal, the Dizengoff Center, leading hotels, cafes and others. We look forward to leveraging our experience and know-how to bring top-quality services to Sheba.”
Dr. Itzhak Zaidise, Associate Director of the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, added, “The deployment of wireless Internet is another step forward according to a strategy aimed at providing all the services we can for the benefit of our patients, guests, doctors and employees. Once this system is operational, it will become easier for our patients to stay connected with the world at large – either from their bed via a laptop computer, or via the ‘surfing stations’ that we are setting up throughout the campus. As such, people will be able to make better use of the time they must spend here, an advantage that we hope will help speed the healing process.” To manage Sheba’s HotSpot network, 012 Smile.Communications will integrate the advanced Cisco System Management System (SSG). Among its many features, this system will enable the Company to carry out the majority of network management and troubleshooting tasks remotely from its headquarters, including the management of credit card payments for Internet access services.
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