Polish Railways PKP PLK is procuring a GSM-R and DWDM network (Dense wavelength division multiplexing), a fiber-optic transmision technique. The tender is divided into two parts, with respective values of PLN 2.2 billion (EUR 514 million) and PLN 600,000 (EUR 140 thousands). PKP PLK will make its selection from eighteen applications that have been submitted, seven for GSM-R and eleven for DWDM.
PKP PLK expect to sign an agreement for a contract in the middle of 2017.
The first part of the contract includes the construction of a complete GSM-R infrastructure passive radio devices and teletransmission transmitters and (optional) 7-year maintenance of the entire system, as well as the supply of GSM-R terminals and SIM cards.
The system will eventually cover more than 13,000 km railway network in Poland. According to the guidelines, will require a total of about 1,800 mobile network location from which some already established in a pilot phase. Part of the next location is already designed and PKP PLK has permits to build them.
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