ExclusiveQatar 2022: "Unistad, a centralised platform to control the 8 stadiums" (N. Abdulrahiman)

"The Aspire Command Center has been established as the tournament control center to manage the eight World Cup stadiums. From here, we have the technical capabilities to remotely manage all the operations in the stadiums. We have integrated all the sub-systems in the stadiums in one single platform, Unistad," explained Niyas Abdulrahiman, chief technology officer at Aspire Zone (Doha, QAT) and executive director ITC (information and communication technology) of the FIFA 2022 World Cup for the competition's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), on 29/08/2022.

The Indian engineer presented the infrastructure that centralises the operational control of the eight stadiums that will be used from 20/11 to 18/12/2022 and the technology that has been developed in collaboration with companies from all over the world to optimise reactions and decision-making in the face of the potential security problems that such an event could entail.

"Through this unified platform, we can control everything: CCTV systems, exit and go systems, IPTV, digital signing systems, etc. We can receive any…