28.03.2019

Viennese railway excellence: Kapsch CarrierCom and 3Binfra form partnership


Kapsch has been appointed as distributor and integrator of 3Binfra’s solution INFRALIFE®. INFRALIFE® is an asset management system with railway best practice, providing functions including master data management, condition monitoring and maintenance.
  
Vienna, March 28, 2019 – Kapsch CarrierCom strengthens its portfolio for railway providers by securing a strong partnership with Austrian asset management system specialist 3Binfra. INFRALIFE® is an infrastructure and railway-dedicated software solution that integrates service and diagnostic systems, allocates measurement data and visualizes individual failures along the route. The solution is already implemented for Luxembourg Railways. Kapsch acts as preferred distributor and integrator.

“The collaboration is an important step for us to broaden our portfolio, offer additional products and service unified in achieving the same single goal; to help the railways save money and increase operational efficiency,” explains Kari Kapsch, CEO of Kapsch CarrierCom.

"The long-term strategic partnership with Kapsch CarrierCom, as a globally successful provider in the railway telecommunications market, allows us to effectively position INFRALIFE® in the international market. In addition, Kapsch will develop extensive product expertise for joint implementation projects, providing the (infrastructure) customer with IT, railway and asset management know-how from a single source," says Stefan Pertl, CEO 3Binfra.

Asset management is seen as an essential framework for the implementation of any form of predictive maintenance or AI (Artificial Intelligence) supported analysis. Having an asset management system is particularly important for railway operators looking for a better overview of all their assets, including switches, electrical towers, signals, border crossing, ticket machines, etc.
INFRALIFE® by 3Binfra is dedicated to the needs of railway operators. The software dynamically visualizes assets and tracks geometry and conditions along the route. Moreover, the system is highly configurable and can link any asset information, including defects and documents, to assets. Connected sensors are able to analyse machine data for condition monitoring, enabling maintenance processing.

Kapsch CarrierCom, a Kapsch Group company, is a global developer of end-to-end communications solutions for mission-critical networks. The innovative technologies, products and services cover the entire value chain, from planning, developing and producing to deploying, maintaining and operating.

The GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications- Railways) expert evolved its portfolio to address Public Safety Long-Term Evolution (PS-LTE) use cases as well as the next generation of mission-critical networks. With KUBE the company developed an IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) solution for the transport, collecting and visualizing of mission critical data. The broad portfolio also includes, among other things PMR (Private Mobile Radio) networks based on Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) and DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) standards. Its international customers include leading railway operators, utilities, public authorities, transport operators, and airports.

Kapsch CarrierCom invests intensively in research and development and is significantly involved in the development of the next generation of broadband solutions for mission-critical networks, for instance as an associated member of the European research initiative Shift2Rail.

Kontakt

Kapsch CarrierCom EN

Alf Netek

Chief Marketing Officer & Press Officer
Kapsch AG
Am Europlatz 2
1120 Vienna
Austria
T +43 50 811 1700
alf.netek@kapsch.net

   Susanne Schalek
Head of Marketing & Communications
Kapsch CarrierCom AG
Lehrbachgasse 11
1120 Vienna
Austria
T +43 50 811 3600
susanne.schalek@kapsch.net

Further information: www.kapsch.net/kcc
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