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Metropolis and City of Perpignan

The metropolis and city of Perpignan are implementing a strategic digital transition plan to address the connectivity needs of citizen, visitors and municipal employees

Country: France
Industry: Government
Solution: Cloud Communications, Unified Communications, Digital Age Communications, e-services, Connected Solutions and Devices, Hybrid Workplace

The metropolitan area and city of Perpignan in France is known for its dynamism and innovation. The area now has 270,000 inhabitants, 1,100 employees and 36 municipalities, including the city of Perpignan with its 12,000 inhabitants and 2,400 employees. Since 2016 the metropolitan area has been engaged in a project to modernize its public administration in order to simplify the sharing of information systems between the communities.

The first step in the digital transition is the design and deployment of a new reliable and efficient system and network infrastructure that will enable the metropolis and city of Perpignan to develop the Smart City project. Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise and its partner NXO have provided a range of tailor-made solutions to meet the objectives and needs of Perpignan Méditerranée Métropole and its 36 municipalities.

This new infrastructure has enabled us to simplify the sharing and administration of our information systems, as well as to secure our two Data Centers through the implementation of a business continuity plan. We were able to deploy new services such as videoconference, IP deskphone and IoT for our internal needs and for the needs of users. All Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise digital infrastructure, communications and collaboration technologies and NXO’s expertise in these technologies have enabled us to achieve our objectives without any particular constraints.

Jean-Luc Hamelin, Head of Digital Infrastructure Services, Metropolis and city of Perpignan

Customer reference City of Perpignan - NXO & Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

Challenges

Sharing the information systems and Internet access of the two local authorities
Deploy a reliable and efficient system and network infrastructure adapted to internal needs
Reduce network recovery time in the event of hardware failure
Implement a DEVOPS approach aimed at unifying software development and IT infrastructure administration
Boosting the city centre and providing new services to simplify the daily lives of Perpignan residents

Results

Technical benefits

The Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess® Stellar WLAN integrates with existing infrastructures and offers ease of deployment
The solution, which is fully redundant, provides continuity of services to citizens
Deployed solutions to secure data centers through the implementation of a business continuity plan
Simplification of the sharing and administration of information systems

User experience benefits

Deployment of new services such as videoconference, voice and IoT for internal and user needs
New uses and contents with the Alcatel-Lucent Rainbow solution for Perpignan residents, tourists and municipal employees