Overview
A leading MENA healthcare provider partnered with Al Rostamani Communications to modernise its IT network, wireless infrastructure, and unified communications across 15 hospitals in the UAE. The objective was fast, reliable, and secure connectivity to support daily operations and enhance patient care. Al Rostamani Communications delivered high-speed connectivity and a centralised collaboration platform with zero operational disruption, improving efficiency, service delivery, and readiness to scale digital healthcare technologies.

Challenges

• Fragmented communication: No standard IP telephony solution, limiting collaboration among hospital teams.

• Outdated infrastructure: Legacy systems reduced efficiency, drove up maintenance needs, and delayed response times.

• Non-standardised IT stack: A mix of network vendors increased integration risk, complexity, and costs.

• Compliance and downtime restrictions: Upgrades had to meet healthcare regulations and be delivered with zero downtime across all sites.

The Solution

• Centralised communication: Implemented Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OmniPCX Enterprise to unify communications across all hospitals.

• VoIP capability: Enabled enterprise-grade Voice over IP to streamline intra- and inter-hospital communication.

• High-speed connectivity: Deployed Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise OS6900 Core and OS6560 Edge switches with Stellar WLAN controllers and Wi-Fi 6 access points, delivering low-latency 10G connectivity across all sites.

• Healthcare alignment: Selected network and UCaaS components that align with healthcare standards and regulatory requirements.

Impact

• 30 percent cost reduction versus comparable solutions.

• 97 percent operational efficiency, including power savings from modern switching and wireless.

• Uptime: High availability across all locations. (Please confirm the exact figure; the draft states “9 percent network uptime,” which appears to be a typo.)

Results
Al Rostamani Communications modernised the provider’s network across 15 hospitals, ensuring stable, high-speed 10G connectivity and smoother patient-care workflows. A unified collaboration platform now supports voice and other Wi-Fi-enabled channels, helping staff access information faster, consult more easily, and make quicker decisions. The programme delivered significant cost savings compared with competing providers and positioned the organisation to adopt new digital health capabilities at scale.