SYDNEY, Australia-Australia’s Telstra said it switched on the telecommunications network for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, which includes capacity for more than 15,000 mobile phones for media and officials.
The games open in Sydney on Sept. 15.
The Telstra Millennium Network also comprises 4,800 kilometers of optical fiber, 30,000 new phone and fax lines for the Olympic Village and media center, 280 video links, 3,200 audio links, 250 data links and 60 private cable TV channels.
The network will service more than 35 competition venues, three Olympic Villages, the International Broadcast Center, the main press center and more than 50 noncompetition venues.
“This event marks the end of a nine-year project by Telstra to design and construct the communications infrastructure larger than any previous Olympic Games, including Atlanta, where five companies provide telecommunications,” said Telstra.
