Other Voices Hosts Intune Breakthrough Concert

Intune Networks is partnering with Other Voices to showcase its unique technological advance (a distributed telecoms switch based on Optical Burst Switching) that enables mass, live, simultaneous content downloads with guaranteed and unparalleled quality. The Snow Patrol concert will be transmitted live, to audiences in a number of locations in Dingle. This world first demonstration is aimed at illustrating that Intune’s ground breaking technology is ready to deliver the most demanding of live multi-media events and to meet people's highest expectations in terms of quality, across a multitude of devices and formats.

“The Other Voices event in Dingle is the perfect platform to demonstrate and showcase Intune’s technology for the very first time," Tim Fritzley, CEO of Intune Networks told Hot Press. "The technology was invented and developed in Ireland and it is fitting that a cultural event like Other Voices and world renowned band, Snow Patrol, have partnered with us for this demonstration. This combination will help underpin Ireland’s international reputation as a vibrant, dynamic, innovative society that values its living traditional and future technical cultures.

"With Internet traffic doubling every two years,” he added, “the world will need a next generation optical burst switch such as Intune Networks’ that will deliver the quality of personal experience that everyone has come to expect. Our technology will do this with a very low carbon footprint, as it tackles the issue of the internet’s power consumption, which continues to dramatically rise with the increased use of existing network equipment.”

The demo will involve live, high definition streaming from the Snow Patrol Concert in St James’ Church to a number of locations in Dingle connected to a fibre optic network. The concert will be broadcast live in High Definition on screens located in Benners Hotel. It will also be possible to view it by connecting into to a local WiFi spot, using a laptop or mobile device.

"Several other technology providers supplied user access equipment to connect to the Intune network, including Envivio, Magnet and ADB," a spokesperson added. "What makes this different to a normal broadcast is that it is delivered over an optical burst packet switched fibre network and guarantees uninterrupted, premium quality content – something that has been unachievable before now."