Norway - Clear-Com has been chosen to supply a fully digital Eclipse Omega matrix intercom system with FreeSpeak 50 for use throughout Norway's newest and most prestigious National Opera House, Nytt Operahus, in Oslo. Eclipse Omega and FreeSpeak50 digital wireless beltpacks will provide the communication backbone for the 38,500sq.m facility and its large production and sound crew.

The Opera House is the largest cultural building to be constructed in Norway and an important symbol to the nation. The building houses 1100 rooms as well as a 1,350-seat performance auditorium and a small 400-seat auditorium. The Opera House will employ over 600 people, including production and sound crew who will be utilising Clear-Com's FreeSpeak wireless beltpack for point-to-point communication.

The Clear-Com system chosen by the Nytt Operahus includes a 64-port Eclipse Omega Digital Matrix controlling a FreeSpeak 50 digital wireless intercom system using two E-Que cards, 40 FreeSpeak belt packs, 20 antennas and over 30 4000 series panels.

The Operahus is scheduled for completion in September 2008. Installation of the Clear-Com intercom solution began in Spring 2007.

(Jim Evans)


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