Photos: Inside Fifa's World Cup IT operation

More than just a football tournament...

By Will Sturgeon, 20 June 2006 11:15

The calm before the storm: Hours before kick off and the media centre at the International Broadcast Centre is relatively quiet. After the game this area will be a hive of activity, much like the media centres at each stadium. Journalists are provided with ultra-high bandwidth connections to the outside world via wireless access or wired Ethernet connections.

Photo credit: Will Sturgeon

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