--- title: "STEN: a Portuguese office with managed Wi-Fi and a fibre backbone" description: "STEN, based in Barcelona, opened its office in Portugal on a DataRoad network: around 18 access points, racks and fibre between them. No-obligation proposal." language: en url: https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/sten-office-portugal-network-fibre/ source: https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/sten-office-portugal-network-fibre/ publisher: DataRoad IT (DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting), Portugal --- > STEN, based in Barcelona, opened its office in Portugal on a DataRoad network: around 18 access points, racks and fibre between them. No-obligation proposal. # STEN: a Portuguese office with managed Wi-Fi and a fibre backbone At a glance For decision-makers short on time. - 01 In 2019 Barcelona-based STEN opened an office in Portugal with a network built by DataRoad. - 02 Around 18 Wi-Fi access points, racks installed and fibre optics connecting them. - 03 Fibre backbone: equal performance across the building, with no bottleneck between racks. - 04 One partner for consulting, Wi-Fi, cabling, firewall and management under IT Unlimited. ### In this article For an international company, every week of delay getting an office running is a week of market lost. In 2019 STEN, headquartered in Barcelona with offices in Poland and Andorra, entrusted DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting with the **business network** for its new office in Portugal. We installed around 18 wireless access points, racks and a fibre optic link between them. The team started work on day one, with the same performance anywhere in the building. ## The project at a glance - **Client and year** STEN, 2019. - **Sector** Construction, formwork systems. - **Services** IT Unlimited, servers and infrastructure, firewall and security, business Wi-Fi and structured cabling. ## Who is STEN? Founded in 1982, STEN designs, manufactures and sells formwork systems for construction and civil engineering. Its products have been used on more than 350 million m². The company stands out for technical and functional innovation and operates in Spain, Poland, Andorra and, from this project onwards, Portugal. ## What was installed? - **Around 18 access points** Wireless coverage across the whole space. - **Racks** The network infrastructure tidy and accessible. - **Fibre optics joining the racks** High capacity between the different areas of the building. ## Why does fibre between racks make the difference? Because that is where everyone's traffic passes. In a building with more than one rack, the link between them sets the performance ceiling for the entire network. Fibre provides more bandwidth than copper and does not suffer electromagnetic interference. With many devices on Wi-Fi, all access point traffic converges on the backbone. If it is weak, it becomes the bottleneck. With fibre, the network performs the same across the building, whatever the distance between racks. Find out more in [structured cabling and network infrastructure](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/structured-cabling-installation/). ## Opening an office in Portugal? What we do for you We support international companies setting up new spaces in Portugal, from the floor plan onwards: - **Planning**: network and IT consulting for the new space. - **Wireless**: [business Wi-Fi](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/business-wifi-installation/) with tuned coverage. - **Cabling and racks**: with fibre optic links. - **Perimeter**: [managed firewalls](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-firewall-services-portugal/). - **Operation**: support and monitoring under [IT Unlimited](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/it-unlimited-managed-it-services-fixed-fee/), with a [service desk](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-it-helpdesk-portugal/) and immediate response. To STEN, our thanks for your trust. ## Who is DataRoad? A premium MSP, specialising in IT network management. Headquartered in Alfragide, with support nationwide and support for companies in Europe and the USA. Since 2015 we have managed infrastructure for clinics, hotels, embassies, public bodies and demanding companies: 232 clients under contract and the Top 5% PME distinction (source: scoring.pt). We also serve eight public bodies: see [networks for the public sector](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/public-sector-network-infrastructure-portugal/). ## More network projects - [LX Arch Hotel: Wi-Fi 7, firewall, CCTV and network](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/lx-arch-hotel-guest-wifi-7-firewall-cctv/) - [Magnelusa: ongoing maintenance under IT Unlimited](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/magnelusa-managed-network-servers-firewall/) - [ReStream: office in Portugal with IT Unlimited](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/restream-cascais-wifi-6-starlink-network/) - [UpHill Health: firewall, biometrics and Wi-Fi 6](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/uphill-health-lisbon-office-network/) All [success stories](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/case-studies/) and [news](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/news/). ## Talk to us about your office in Portugal Request a no-commitment proposal. **More than 10 workstations · support contract · remote, on-site and telephone support.** +351 211 459 950 * · sales@dataroad.pt. 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