Texas company covers CityCenter with wireless technology
A Texas company has deployed North America’s largest distributed antenna system at CityCenter, which gives the Strip development more than 13.5 million square feet of wireless technology.
InnerWireless of Richardson, Texas, said the system ensures wireless connectivity for public safety personnel, as well as unlimited wireless coverage for its guests in hotel rooms, hotel hallways and in public areas such as lobbies and showrooms.
The $8.5 billion CityCenter, which opened in December, is operated by MGM Mirage and includes the 4,004-room Aria, the nongaming Mandarin Oriental and Vdara Hotels, the all-residential Veer Towers and the Crystals retail, entertainment and dining district.
A spokeswoman for InnerWireless said the only system larger that one deployed at CityCenter is a system planned for Dubai, but not yet deployed.
Ed Cantwell, the president of InnerWireless, said the system covers all 67 acres of CityCenter and should allow for wireless technology, such as smartphones, could be used more easily throughout CityCenter.
He said the system “ensures that guests won’t experience dropped calls when they are deep inside” CityCenter.
“Virtually everyone has a cell phone, smartphone or BlackBerry today, and we believe it’s unacceptable for guests of a luxury resort to be forced to leave their room and go to the lobby just to get a wireless signal,” Cantwell said.
InnerWireless deployed a system at MGM Mirage’s Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Miss., which provides 3.2 million square feet of in-building wireless coverage.
