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At surfhire we provide communication solutions in a number of areas. All gear is flight-cased for a rough, quick deployment life of moving around the world.
WiFi:
We provide rugged, wide range, indoor/outdoor wireless network access for internet, voice, VPN, local network or almost any other network application or protocol.
VOIP
BusinessTelephones or wireless handsets for voice communication via the internet.
Walkie Talkies
Handsets for ‘back to back’ or repeater based systems.
Full duplex wireless/wired intercom.
Network capable voice communications for stage and event management.
File servers
Unix based or NAS drives can be implemented in a rugged, secure way with 100% redundancy and bespoke security.
Satellite and Cellular internet connections.
One box network connections to connect to the internet, VOIP and VPN when a hard connection is not available.
WiFi:
We provide rugged, wide range, indoor/outdoor wireless network access for internet, voice, VPN, local network or almost any other network application or protocol.
VOIP
BusinessTelephones or wireless handsets for voice communication via the internet.
Walkie Talkies
Handsets for ‘back to back’ or repeater based systems.
Full duplex wireless/wired intercom.
Network capable voice communications for stage and event management.
File servers
Unix based or NAS drives can be implemented in a rugged, secure way with 100% redundancy and bespoke security.
Satellite and Cellular internet connections.
One box network connections to connect to the internet, VOIP and VPN when a hard connection is not available.
Kylie
Mobile World Congress
Fast Track
Fina World Swimming Championships
Kylie’s X Tour and the subsequent two world tours have relied heavily on surfhire for production communications.
It is a busy tour, often ‘overnighting’ between venues, so deployment needs to be quick and easy on a daily basis. Production manager Kevin Hopgood has a long and successful relationship with surfhire.
The X tour has a ten line VOIP phone system which gives the management team the same London phone number for the whole tour wherever they are in the world. The system provides internal calling and has advanced features like voicemail to desktop and shared directories. Financially the tour saves money on venue phone lines and budgeting is made simple with fixed cost packages for outgoing calls.
This is integrated into a venue wide WiFi package allowing all touring party members to be connected, this can be ‘Service quality managed’ to prioritise important traffic when venue bandwidth is limited. They are also touring a flight-cased network printer.
Kylie has an elaborate stage set with person lifts and automated set movements, including the star on a very large skull which flies across the stage. This kind of work requires precise communication and safety controls. We have provided an integrated system for voice communication between the stage manager (who has a touch screen panel to select which department to speak with) and twelve wireless systems and a number of wired stations. The whole system is digitally managed at a central matrix and backed up via redundant equipment and power.
Surfhire also provided walkie-talkie comms. which comprises 60 handsets, in a easy deploy drawered case to save production time during load in.
www.kylie.com
It is a busy tour, often ‘overnighting’ between venues, so deployment needs to be quick and easy on a daily basis. Production manager Kevin Hopgood has a long and successful relationship with surfhire.
The X tour has a ten line VOIP phone system which gives the management team the same London phone number for the whole tour wherever they are in the world. The system provides internal calling and has advanced features like voicemail to desktop and shared directories. Financially the tour saves money on venue phone lines and budgeting is made simple with fixed cost packages for outgoing calls.
This is integrated into a venue wide WiFi package allowing all touring party members to be connected, this can be ‘Service quality managed’ to prioritise important traffic when venue bandwidth is limited. They are also touring a flight-cased network printer.
Kylie has an elaborate stage set with person lifts and automated set movements, including the star on a very large skull which flies across the stage. This kind of work requires precise communication and safety controls. We have provided an integrated system for voice communication between the stage manager (who has a touch screen panel to select which department to speak with) and twelve wireless systems and a number of wired stations. The whole system is digitally managed at a central matrix and backed up via redundant equipment and power.
Surfhire also provided walkie-talkie comms. which comprises 60 handsets, in a easy deploy drawered case to save production time during load in.
www.kylie.com
Mobile World Congress.
Production manager contracted by Whitespace Productions - Richard Owers, needed to provide secure internet access and web linked file shares to delegates at the mammoth week long meeting of the GSMA in Barcelona.
Deployment of venue wide secure net access was straightforward and an onsite technician provided dynamic web site management to allow access for delegates to the internet and also files containing session notes and other information, which was updated daily.
The system arrived ready to go, and was deployed just by plugging in power, internet and lifting the lid of the server case.
We also provided digital handsets for back to back communication across the site, a one box digital repeater allowed clear digital voice communication across the huge area of the congress site. The new digital handsets allow direct calling for private conversations and other features like all calls and text messaging.
Production manager contracted by Whitespace Productions - Richard Owers, needed to provide secure internet access and web linked file shares to delegates at the mammoth week long meeting of the GSMA in Barcelona.
Deployment of venue wide secure net access was straightforward and an onsite technician provided dynamic web site management to allow access for delegates to the internet and also files containing session notes and other information, which was updated daily.
The system arrived ready to go, and was deployed just by plugging in power, internet and lifting the lid of the server case.
We also provided digital handsets for back to back communication across the site, a one box digital repeater allowed clear digital voice communication across the huge area of the congress site. The new digital handsets allow direct calling for private conversations and other features like all calls and text messaging.
The Fast Track agency runs a number of sporting events throughout the year including and indoor season in the winter and a summer outdoor season.
Surfhire have provided since 2007 network coverage for the media and staff so that articles and photos can be uploaded to newspapers and other media.
Production manager Bob Caple wanted a simple but bomb proof way of covering the sites with wireless access. The network is security managed and provides fallover solutions should any power or network connection fail.
This service has been provided with an IT/RF technician to install and manage the system, this important role often involves carefully fixing broken laptops and loan of mice and wireless cards! Recently Bob used one of our more simple ‘turnkey’ systems without an operator which was also very successful.
The Fast Track agency runs a number of sporting events throughout the year including and indoor season in the winter and a summer outdoor season.
Surfhire have provided since 2007 network coverage for the media and staff so that articles and photos can be uploaded to newspapers and other media.
Production manager Bob Caple wanted a simple but bomb proof way of covering the sites with wireless access. The network is security managed and provides fallover solutions should any power or network connection fail.
This service has been provided with an IT/RF technician to install and manage the system, this important role often involves carefully fixing broken laptops and loan of mice and wireless cards! Recently Bob used one of our more simple ‘turnkey’ systems without an operator which was also very successful.
The Fast Track agency runs a number of sporting events throughout the year including and indoor season in the winter and a summer outdoor season.
Fina World Swimming Championships.
Surfhire provided all production communications on this huge event at the MEN arena.
This included a digital matrix wired comms system with 6 panel users including presenters, forty hardwired intercom positions and 30 wireless headset systems.
This week long event was a communications nightmare and the show caller Radley Foxton had sixteen talk zones to choose from on his intercom panel.
Designed by George Hogan and supplied by Wireless Works, the Cronus digital matrix was the right choice for this event.
www.fina.org
Surfhire provided all production communications on this huge event at the MEN arena.
This included a digital matrix wired comms system with 6 panel users including presenters, forty hardwired intercom positions and 30 wireless headset systems.
This week long event was a communications nightmare and the show caller Radley Foxton had sixteen talk zones to choose from on his intercom panel.
Designed by George Hogan and supplied by Wireless Works, the Cronus digital matrix was the right choice for this event.
www.fina.org
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For information or a quote on a solution for you:
Simon Hodge
+44 7770 211623
Simon Hodge
+44 7770 211623