PIONEERING TELE-MEDICINE PROJECT
AT KORYDALLOS PRISON

4 Αpril 2000: Τhe complete telemedicine project connecting Korydallos Prison facilities with Nikea General Hospital was installed and handed over to the prime contractor, Messrs Themis Construction Co. in fully operational condition, by Planet Four Networking SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hi-Tech Computerbank Networking Group.

Planet Four Networking SA specialises in advanced telecommunication systems. In this particular project, apart of the networking substructure, Planet Four Networking SA also supplied and installed the workstations, the servers and the necessary wireless links. The installed system supports data/voice/video transfer and provides real-time service to the telemedicine needs of the Prison.

In total, three buildings of the men's complex were networked, which were then connected through wireless link with the LAN in the building of the women's facilities. A similar network was installed in three buildings of Nikea Hospital. The WAN link of the prison network to that of the Hospital is carried out through the ISDN network of OTE (the Greek Telecommunications Organisation), while one PRI 1Mbit line is also used.

Apart of the above project, Computerbank Networking Group last month completed and handed over to the prime contractors, or is about to complete in a few days, the installation of a number of other big networking projects, like,

- The networking substructure of the new exhibition centre of Hellexpo, at Kifissias Avenue, Athens (prime contractor: BIOTER),

-Structured cabling of the ERT (Hellenic Radio Television Organisation) buildings at Agia Paraskevi and at Katehaki Avenue, Athens (prime contractor: SINGULAR),

-The extension of the networking system of the Centres for the Advancement of Employment of OAED, the Greek Work-Force Employment Organisation to 27 local branches and 6 area centres around the country (prime contractor: ACE, Advanced Concept Enterprises SA),

-The networking substructure of the new ultra-modern building of the Athens Courts of Appeal (prime contractors: NETWORK ADVISORS SA),

-The enterprise IT network of the General Warehousing Depots of Greece SA (PAEGAE) (prime contractor: SINGULAR SA)

In 1999, the Computerbank Networking Group had a total turnover of Drs. 2.1 billion, and expects to double this in year 2000.