Everett, one of the largest cities in the State of Washington, has placed a large order for multi-gigabit hybrid fibre-copper network devices with Actelis to support the city’s expanding intelligent traffic management network. Actelis is a specialist in cyber-hardened networking for IoT applications. Actelis is working with Western Systems, which deploys traffic devices for the city’s traffic engineering department.

Everett has embarked on an ambitious transportation modernisation programme. This includes a number of planned improvements, many focusing on transportation safety and smart traffic enhancements.

Among the devices that are being provided to the city are Actelis’ ML684D, a part of the company’s MetaLight product family. These are weather hardened, multi-gigabit network switches that transport traffic related information to the city traffic operations centre. A cyber-hardened solution featuring 256-bit MACsec encryption, the ML684D connects blended networks of fibre and copper. The device combines the functionality of a fibre switch, a copper switch, a Power over Ethernet switch, and a Serial to IP converter in one compact form factor.

The MetaLight products are integrated into Actelis’ encrypted Element Management Software (EMS) providing cities with the ability to automatically configure deploy Actelis’ networking building blocks throughout their network.

“We are very appreciative of the City of Everett’s and Western Systems’ confidence in our solutions,” said Tuvia Barlev, Chairman and CEO of Actelis. “We look forward to working with their teams to provide the tools needed to effectively manage traffic around the city while achieving all safety goals.”