Marconi Corporation, a global communications and information technology business, says it provides “superhighways” for information traffic. Headquartered in London, Marconi has research and development facilities in 19 countries, manufacturing operations in 16 others, and serves customers in over 100.
Marconi Middle East, whose ties with the Kingdom can be traced back to the 1930s and the reign of King Abdul Aziz, has been active in the region ever since. This is testimony “to the quality and reliability of the products and services they provide and to the excellent level of business relationships they have established throughout the Middle East,” according to a company statement. These relationships are particularly strong in the provision of services to defense establishments and ministries and they provide, plan, build and operate services to military and civil networks in the Kingdom,
The Middle East headquarters of Marconi is based in Riyadh where, with a Saudization level of 27 percent of their total employees, engineers and technicians manage a Gulf-wide base of clients. The proactive recruitment of a local work force combined with the Marconi professional and efficient program of knowledge transfer through training to customers and resellers, has made the established telecoms company one with a reputation for quality products coupled with reliability of service and service backup.
With communications changing almost day to day, Marconi predicts that voice and data networks will converge, electronic transactions will increase tenfold — virtually every human activity will be touched by new communications — e-transportation, e-health care, e-education, e-leisure, e-business, and e-government.
From the design and manufacture of high-tech products to planning, devising, implementing and managing communications systems, Marconi is at the forefront of development in broadband services. When planning the rollout of broadband, it is essential to know the market, particularly in terms of subscriber numbers, densities and profiles. Marconi has done its homework and strongly believes that this level of expertise could be the key to the successful rollout of broadband in Saudi Arabia. Marconi has joined forces with High Cap Company in the Kingdom to bring its latest innovations to the region.
Marconi also markets a world-class range of networking equipment which it says integrates security and surveillance components on a common digital infrastructure with quality and flexibility far superior to any stand-alone system. This network-based system features a high-quality video surveillance network with voice applications and network attached storage. These services connect with databases — including access control lists and facial recognition system. This single network also provides a coherent and useable interface for security officer operators.
Countries upgrading their communications infrastructure with Marconi solutions include France, Holland, Belgium and the United Kingdom — as well as the world’s largest networks in Australia and the People’s Republic of China. Further information about Marconi can be gleaned from www.Marconi.com.
