Copy Reduced to 74% from original to fit letter page Friday, May 16, 2014 17 www.tulsabusiness.com 17 NEWS 918.585.6655 news@tulsabusiness.com BOK Center receives new wireless Internet upgrade Have you ever taken a selfie at a BOK Center event, tried to upload it to social media and then waited longer than you wanted for it to upload? Well selfie-lovers, that is now in the past with completion of the AT&Ts newest distributed antenna system, or DAS, for the BOK Center. DAS has the ability to improve mo- bile Internet connection throughout the event center. In the BOK Center, there are over a hundred antennas stra- tegically placed so a concert goer can receive the best coverage anywhere in the building. This provides a better wireless capacity in heavily trafficked areas. Despite thousands of people and geographical limitations like environ- ment and building construction, BOK customers will be able to access and use their mobile Internet faster. Last week, Mayor Dewey Bartlett along with city and BOK Center offi- cials toured the new enhancements at the BOK Center with AT&T represen- tatives Michael Cooper, AT&T exter- nal affairs manager; Richard Dreese, AT&T manager of DAS engineering; and Bruce Elliot, AT&T DAS engi- neer. Cooper said this upgrade wouldnt have been possible without the mayor seeing the need of LTE and faster wire- less capacity locally. The experience that were going to have inside this building is one of equality to any other high tech ex- perience in the country in one of the best environments that youll have, the BOK Center, said Bartlett. Bartlett sees this update to be a tool to help bring events to the BOK Cen- ter. According to AT&T officials, DAS is also available at the Chesapeake En- ergy Arena in Oklahoma City. The tour took officials from the outside shelter that produces radio frequency, which filters all the way through the DAS, to the inside of the event center. Antennas can be found scattered throughout the lobby as well as hanging from the ceiling of the center. AT&T officials said the arena has been sec- tioned into pie shape slices where a certain number of antennas are placed. Therefore, every area can receive the best reception throughout the center without losing connection or speed. What were trying to do is bring a capacity solution. We provide ample capacity for a section or a pie all the way around the facility. We want to control the pattern as much as we can to maximize the coverage and efficien- cy within each of these areas within the JESSICA TURNER jessicat@tulsabusiness.com Job Number: 405140 Customer: COMMERCE BANK/BERNSTEIN REIN A Phone: ${customer.phone} The experience that were going to have inside this building is one of equality to any other high tech experience in the country in one of the best environments that youll have, the BOK Center. DEWEY BARTLETT Tulsa Mayor See BOK Center, 18