InfiNet Wireless Successfully Links Up Critical Communication Services In UK Prison

InfiNet Wireless, a leading global designer and manufacturer of wireless infrastructure solutions for Broadband Wireless Access, WiMAX, and Mesh networks, announced today the successful installation of wireless communication services in Her Majesty’s Prison Service in Hindley, Wigan, UK.

Her Majesty's Prison Service serves the public by keeping in custody those committed by the courts. Their duty is to look after them with humanity and help them lead law-abiding and useful lives in custody and after release.

HM Prison Hindley has a requirement to interconnect computers for the Patient Care Trust across the Hospital wings, to enable it to provide National Health Services facilities to prisoners with support provided directly by medical staff situated within the wings. The network connectivity is essential to the medical staff to access medical records and utilize the online facilities, including prisoner assessment and processing, pharmaceutical requests, email and standard network services.

InfiNet Wireless’ solution was used to connect the two building structures. Using the 36Mbps wireless solution from the InfiLINK portfolio, Invisible Link UK, the InfiNet Wireless’ System Integrator Partner for the project was able to setup the link, to operate with near line of sight conditions through 2 wire mesh fences and a steel mesh covering a 4 storey exterior stair well.

“Laying structured cabling would have been virtually impossible considering the need to traverse high security areas and disrupting the normal flow of prison life,” said James Togher of Keilder Ltd.

He continued to add, “in this specific application we had many physical obstructions to the connectivity requirement, we also had to contend with the presence of steel bars, and very fine steel mesh which can often be regarded as a natural Radio frequency killer”.  “As such using Broadband Wireless Access systems from InfiNet Wireless was not only technically the better solution, it was also the most cost effective solution to provide network connectivity to the Patient Care Trust, saving the NHS and Her Majesty’s Prison Services thousands of pounds, and a disruptive logistic nightmare”

“Using our partnership with Invisible Link a wireless solution was designed and implemented that allowed the PCT to have same day deployment and connectivity with an order to delivery lead time of less than 10 working days”

“In what has become a seemingly commodity sector, the InfiLINK is a QoS specific device that is a cost-effective high-speed wireless solution that can operate at up to 300Mbps in bandwidth throughput,” added Carl Cag of Infinet, “It uses advanced security features and complex algorithms to make it highly secure and reliable, which were the two key base criteria for this application”

About InfiNet Wireless:

Infinet is unique. We are one of the largest privately owned BWA development and manufacturing company in the world. Infinet has sustained organic growth since foundation, through innovation and simply delivering complete customer satisfaction. With more than 15 years of intense customer based research and product development, InfiNet’s fixed, nomadic, mobile and public safety wireless connectivity solutions are ‘The’ choice of Global communication corporations and governments who require uncompromising connectivity.

To date, InfiNet Wireless has forged a solid foundation in carrier grade fixed wireless installations, and currently has over 60,000 deployments from the plains of Siberia to the depths of the Sahara.

About Invisible Link

Invisible Link Link is a privately owned Value Add Distribution company. It was founded to service a rapidly expanding market Wireless Solution bespoke design and delivery for our System and Network Integration Partners. Our clients range from SME businesses to blue-chip multinational, government and Semi State to global telecommunications carriers. The founders of Invisible Link have over thirty years experience in the communications industry. We are very customer focused and strive to be an extension of our clients and chosen vendors organizations

About Her Majesty Prison Hindley

Hindley opened in 1961 as a Borstal. In 1983 it was re-classified as a Youth Custody Centre. It was then re-classified as an adult prison and in 1997 it became a joint prison and Young Offenders Institution. Hindley is a combined establishment with a regime that endeavours to provide positive opportunities for young people to gain qualifications and to address offending behaviour, whilst aiding them to reintegrate into society on their release. Regime provision includes learning and skills, workshop places including construction skills and physical education. Hindley also operates a listener and peer support scheme for those who may be at risk of suicide or self harm.  Hindley has an in-patient healthcare facility and a mental health day care centre.