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Telekom and Messe München implement high-speed communications for IAA MOBILITY

Published on : Monday 09-08-2021

Use of a wide range of mobile and fixed network solutions for a mobility platform of the future

August 6, 2021 – Deutsche Telekom and Messe München have expanded their cooperation in the area of mobile and fixed networks. The trade fair platform of the future will be realized for the IAA Mobility, which will be held in the Bavarian capital from September 07-12, 2021, thanks to the latest 5G and fibre-optic solutions.

Telekom has already been a strategic network partner of Messe München in the mobile and fixed-network sectors for several years. For the International Motor Show (IAA MOBILITY), a partnership project between the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) and Messe München GmbH, solutions were jointly sought to implement a new trade fair concept. For the first time, the exhibitor area of the IAA MOBILITY will extend over large parts of the Munich city area this year: with the so-called Summit in the exhibition halls, the Open Spaces at various locations in the inner-city area of Munich, and the Blue Lane as a test track between the Summit and Open Space areas.

The widespread distribution of the IAA MOBILITY event areas required an expansion of the broadband infrastructure beyond the trade fair centre into large parts of the city. Messe München and Telekom intensified their strategic cooperation in this regard at an early stage in order to realize the required bandwidth expansion in both the 5G and fibre-optic networks.

With its 5G and fibre-optic solutions, Telekom is providing the required bandwidths for trade fair exhibitors, both in the exhibition halls and at the so-called Open Spaces and Blue Lane.

29 new 5G sites have been implemented in the city area by the start of the IAA. Telekom is thus ensuring comprehensive 5G coverage of the outdoor areas of the trade fair. Telekom already operates more than 400 5G sites in the city of Munich. In addition, 25 indoor sites supply the exhibition halls. In addition, there are four macro sites that ensure basic coverage in the outdoor areas. In just eleven months, one of the most modern public 5G networks was set up for Messe München. This included a complete upgrade of the entire antenna infrastructure at the trade fair centre, which is now adapted to the 3.6 GHz network.