Ceske Radiokomunikace a. s.

A Czech infrastructure company that runs television, radio and internet networks, and sells cloud, data centre, connectivity and IoT services to businesses from its own facilities.

Ownership and the Czech base

The site says the company has been wholly owned since 2021 by Cordiant Digital Infrastructure, which it describes as a company that owns and operates digital infrastructure in Europe and North America. The company says it has been part of the Czech public's daily life for more than 60 years. It says its infrastructure sits in the Czech Republic, so business data stays there and is protected under Czech law and Czech regulation.

Business cloud, bare metal and storage

The business cloud is described as a modern and secure setup that gives access to large amounts of computing power, with high availability and no need for the customer to invest in its own hardware. Bare metal servers are physical machines rented on a short-term or long-term basis, chosen for specific kinds of heavy workload. Storage and archiving are aimed at customers who must keep large volumes of video, electronic documents and archives safely and still reach them quickly.

Backup, replication and disaster recovery

Backup and recovery services cover either data or a whole IT operation. The company says they protect valuable data and systems from natural disasters, accidents and human error, and help customers avoid costly outages and losses. Replication keeps a copy of a working environment in another location, which is the basis of the recovery offer.

Data centres in several cities

The main data centre is in Prague, which the company describes as secure, with strong cooling, backup power, priority fuel supply and round-the-clock guarding. Regional data centres are in Brno, Zlín, Pardubice and Ostrava, and the company says further sites will be added. Telehousing is listed among its connectivity services, alongside the data centres themselves.

Connectivity and networks

Business connectivity covers high-speed internet access, virtual private networks that let branches and outlets share data securely and without delay, and managed Wi-Fi for a business and its visitors. The company also offers SD-WAN, which it presents as a cost-effective and reliable way to link all of a customer's sites, data centres and cloud services. Transport services link remote sites across the company's backbone network, and it says this is especially useful for expanding a telecoms network or carrying multimedia content.

The company also lets clients rent space on its transmitter sites. A customer can place its own equipment there to extend signal coverage for its own customers.

Media cloud, streaming and OTT

The media cloud processes, stores and delivers video to mobile phones and televisions, and the company says it takes on the operating side of over-the-top streaming services. It presents the combination of digital television and internet content as a way for broadcasters to offer viewers more relevant programmes and to open new advertising options. A separate service connects television broadcasts with internet content through the HbbTV standard.

Television and radio broadcasting

Broadcast services cover digital terrestrial television under the DVB-T2 standard, satellite transmission under DVB-S for audiences in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and FM and AM radio. The company also offers DAB digital radio, which it says gives better sound quality, more network capacity and new features. The site says its networks reach audiences either nationwide or regionally, without the obstacles that limit other delivery methods.

IoT sensors, LoRaWAN and monitoring

The company offers LoRaWAN connectivity, so that devices, sensors and meters in the field can send data directly into a customer's application or system. It also rents IoT devices as a service, which it says improves cash flow and removes the need to manage applications, communications and hardware. One example is MEDICA WATCH, a wireless thermometer with external probes that monitors the temperature of refrigerators holding medicines. The product is also described as suited to places where samples such as tissue must be monitored under regulatory checks. The company points to a partner portal, IoTPORT, where partner solutions for the Internet of Things are presented.

Cyber security and AI cloud services

Cyber security services include an analysis of a client's current position, and a prevention approach designed to reduce risk to a minimum. The company says it helps clients identify the next steps and set their priorities. The site also reports new AI cloud services, offered as GPU as a service and model as a service, for businesses that need computing power for artificial intelligence without buying the hardware.

Ceske Radiokomunikace, known as CRA, is a Czech operator of television, radio and internet infrastructure. Since 2021 it has been wholly owned by Cordiant Digital Infrastructure. For businesses it runs data centres and cloud services on its own infrastructure in the Czech Republic.

Services

• Cloud: business cloud, bare metal servers, storage, archiving, backup and replication, plus new GPU and model services.
• Data centres: a Prague facility plus regional sites in several other Czech cities.
• Connectivity: internet access, VPN, SD-WAN, managed Wi-Fi and transport services.
• Streaming: media cloud and video delivery to mobiles and televisions.
• Broadcasting: digital and analogue television and radio transmission, including DAB.
• IoT and security: a LoRaWAN network and cyber security analysis.

Clients

Companies and organisations that need dependable hosting, networks or broadcast transmission.

Key facts

• Based in: Czech Republic
• Owner: Cordiant Digital Infrastructure since 2021