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City of West Sacramento modernises traffic management with Actelis’ hybrid fibre-copper solutions

April 12, 2023

Posted by: Janmesh Chintankar

Actelis Networks, Inc., a market provider in cyber-hardened, deployment networking solutions for wide area IoT applications, has announced that the city of West Sacramento, CA, will be deploying Actelis’ new hybrid fibre-copper, high-switching capacity devices as part of a traffic signal network upgrade. Actelis partnered with Econolite, a provider of traffic management systems for this project.

West Sacramento, located just across the river from the state capital of California, has experienced a population growth of 68% since 2000 – increasing the need for better traffic management solutions. The city’s three-phased project utilises Actelis’ new family of deployment switches embedded in Econolite’s Advanced Traffic Controllers (ATCs). Built for hybrid networks of fibre and copper, Actelis’ new product family is a line of software-managed, compact industrial switches that utilise the existing fibre or enhance the existing copper infrastructure to fibre grade transmission. The solution brings instant, cyber-hardened, high-speed connectivity out to intersections, at a fraction of the cost of a network that requires digging or trenching for new fibre installation everywhere.

Following the success of the first phases in reducing traffic delays, allowing traffic flow in an effective manner, and improving emergency services response, the city has been upgrading its traffic management systems, with the final phase currently in progress. Actelis’ new multi-gig networking devices, will enable city staff to manage, maintain, and operate their traffic system with increased efficiency.

“The Actelis solution was ideal for this project because it enabled West Sacramento to very quickly realise the benefits of a modern traffic control system,” says Mike McIntee, vice president of western sales at Econolite.

“We appreciate West Sacramento’s and Econolite’s partnership and the opportunity for the Actelis solution to perform the critical task of delivering high speed connectivity to the city’s intersections, rapidly and at a fraction of the cost,” says Tuvia Barlev, chairman and CEO of Actelis. “Knowing that our technology helps bring a higher level of operational efficiency to city staff, and increased safety to area residents, is very gratifying.”

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