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| Ramboll Telecom designs antennas disguised as palm trees  Ramboll Telecom South East Asia Ltd. has just received its first order for the delivery of mobile phone solutions disguised as palm trees to a mobile phone operator in the oil state of Dubai. The technology is known as 'stealth sites'. In short this means that stations for mobile phones are hidden by integrating them in local elements, eg buildings, townscapes or landscapes. Ramboll Telecoms subsidiary company in Thailand - Ramboll Telecom South East Asia Ltd. – has just received its first order for mobile phone solutions modelled as palm trees to a mobile phone operator in the oil state of Dubai.The order specifies delivery of palm trees with a height of up to 30 metres. The client is presently investigating if some are the 'trees' are to be flown from Bangkok to Dubai, as the three first palm trees are to be placed on a new artificial island off the Dubai coast. The Ramboll palm trees are to provide mobile phone connections on the entire island, itself shaped as a huge palm tree. The palm tree solution simply comprises a traditional steel pipe structure covered with bark and leaves made from glass fibre. The antennas are thus hidden by the leaves, while the cables are placed within the 'trunk' of the tree – the steel pipe. The solution is viable up to a height of 42 metres, and the illusion is so convincing that you have to get really close to see it is not a real palm tree, however, with warning signal lights at the top. Ramboll Telecom South East Asia Ltd. is a subsidiary company of Ramboll Denmark A/S. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |