Telemundo debuts the AEQ Xplorer wireless intercom in the broadcast of “Grito” from Mexico City

The tens of thousands of people gathered in the Plaza del Zócalo did not interfere with wireless communications thanks to the total reliability of the AEQ intercom system.

Like every night on September 15, tens of thousands of people gather in the Plaza del Zócalo in Mexico City to commemorate independence from the Spanish crown in 1810 when the population of Dolores (Guanajuato) revolted against the government of New Spain. That event became the historic “Cry of Sorrows”, which marked the beginning of the independence struggle of what would later become Mexico.

The Plaza del Zócalo, listed as the second largest central square in the world, occupies a rectangular area of ​​approximately 46,800 square meters. The capacity for the “El Grito” ceremony has been estimated at 130,000 people.

For coverage of this event, Telemundo Mexico, con Gerald Malpartida heading the engineering area, he used the new Xplorer AEQ for your communications with Miami.

To carry out the event successfully, Telemundo's engineering staff has deployed a technological infrastructure that has allowed, despite the large number of people present, to provide two-way audio to communicate to its correspondents located on the Zócalo esplanade, with its headquarters in Miami through high quality links.

Telemundo's communications nerve center in the Zócalo has been implemented in the upper part of a building known as the Centro Joyero, located in the front part of the central esplanade. From this point, a connection via VPN link to the headquarters in Miami, in addition to providing connectivity with their studies in Mexico.

Once the link is made, the matriz AEQ CrossNET located in Mexico City, where it centralizes a system of TP8000 series user panels, it can send instructions from these to the

It is important to highlight that with only two access points it has been possible to provide service to 4 Xplorers in 5G with high audio quality and low delay, covering a large part of the esplanade.

Roaming function

In the field, the technical team and reporters have been able to move freely within the area, thanks to the roaming function that Xplorer allows.

In addition, a link between the audiocodecs has been implemented as a backup Phoenix Venus 3 y Phoenix Alieither. This latest portable audiocodec was deployed on the Zócalo esplanade to offer service to personnel in the field.