THE PILOTE PROJECT "TIGRAN" OF ORANGE ARMENIA IS REWARDED FOR INNOVATION BY FRANCE TELECOM GROUP
NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 12, 2010
YEREVAN
The project "T.I.GR.A.N" (Tower InterGRated Armenian Network) of
Orange Armenia has been rewarded by the France Telecom Group for
innovation during the award ceremony in Paris.
According to press release of Orange Armenia, in a little time,
Orange Armenia team built a project which will not only enrich France
Telecom/Orange experience, but also allow to build mobile networks
with much less costs and time.
Before this project all equipments were generally installed near
the tower, on the ground floor, on a dedicated concrete slab. The
innovation of TIGRAN consists in the structure of the site: the
equipments are installed directly on a platform inside the tower. This
new concept allows optimizing GSM Greenfield site design: space,
construction time and costs.
"The TIGRAN team consists of Armenian and French engineers, and
that’s the result of their joint research. We are a part of a big
Group, and this idea will be used in the future during other network
roll-out projects," said Bruno Duthoit, CEO of Orange Armenia.
The first TIGRAN tower was installed in June 2009. Since more than
100 towers were built with this new principle.