The Egyptian National Media Authority (ENMA), the country’s public broadcaster, has upgraded its intercom infrastructure with AEQ’s CONEXIA system and TP9116 user panels.
The project was executed following an international tender and replaces ENMA’s previous KROMA Telecom digital intercom system.
Scope of Deployment
The installation spans ENMA’s 25-floor headquarters in Cairo’s Maspero building. It includes a central AEQ XCORE intercom matrix with full redundancy, 128 TP9116 user panels, dual power supplies, redundant DSP platform in N+1 format, and multiple controllers to ensure high availability for broadcast operations.
System Capabilities
The CONEXIA intercom platform is based on AoIP networks with centralized control, supporting up to 1,024 x 1,024 ports via a TDM bus. The system is modular, allowing total redundancy across controllers, audio processing cards, crosspoints, and multichannel or discrete I/O cards. It supports a wide range of audio formats including SDI, fiber, AoIP, analog, and digital. Audio quality is broadcast standard at 48 kHz and 24-bit resolution.
TP9116 User Panels
The TP9116 panels provide “Talk” and “Listen” functions, individual volume control, four-way toggle keys, 16 crosspoint keys, four pages, RGB graphic displays, an internal speaker, a gooseneck electret microphone, and Mini-XLR headset connectivity. The panels include IP connectivity for Dante/AES67, analog, KROMA digital, and VoIP ports. Audio is digitally processed for echo cancellation, automatic leveling, and optimized intelligibility. Expansion panels (EP9116) and desktop variants (TP9416) allow configuration of up to 64 physical levers.
Project Management
The deployment was led by ENMA’s technical engineering, projects, and operations team with AEQ’s central services in Madrid and local support from WHASH in Egypt. The system enhances operational efficiency, workflow management, and communication reliability across ENMA’s radio and television operations.
