VL Access: For A Truly City Of The Future

CIO Vendor In contrast to the global figures, India is the 2nd largest populous country in the world with over 400 Million vehicles moving on road along with 25 Million odd two-wheelers added every year. At this pace, it will become imperative to manage the traffic in future. Although India is poised to excel in the path of smart governance with equal attention to economic prosperity, it requires to put into action a disciplinary regiment for mass defence, deterrence, protection, security and accountability. Adhering to such beliefs, Sanjib, Director of VL Access India Private Limited says, “Economic prosperity and smart governance go hand-in-hand for securing India’s Development Agenda”.

Evidently, Smart cities project supervisors have always been on the look out to implement information and communication technologies (ICT) in order to improve the efficiency and sustainability of urban spaces while reducing costs and resource consumption. Surveillance and Traffic Management systems have been on the top priority for every Smart city in the making. “We at VL Access are absolutely excited and optimistic that the Surveillance and Traffic Management Tech Sector surpassing a double-digit growth in coming years. We foresee India to be the center of gravity of the Global Intelligent Traffic Management Solution (ITMS) market by 2025”, adds Sanjib.

Based out of Bhubaneswar, VL Access India Private Limited is a decade old enabler of significant smart city projects. The firm has been developing innovative and secure solutions to help cities move towards a smarter, safer tomorrow with optimal solutions that blend hardware excellence with cutting-edge software tools. VL Access offers sustainable and fully integrated solutions that can be deployed in any industrial, civic, or security setting. The specialization lies in network management solutions for service providers, small and medium enterprises and government organization. VL Access’ integrated solutions, which are driven by key components like network automation and data management, help clients design, implement, and ensure network performance from a centralized location.

With its repertoire of products and end-to-end management solutions, VL Access is well-placed to serve smart city projects of any scale and other open platform integration work of the future by providing custom-made applications to industries, corporations, and government bodies.

Thanks to the technology advances, Indian smart city projects are taking a leap into implementing a myriad of solutions like integrated traffic management systems, AI based city surveillance systems, smart transportation, smart energy and water management etc. VL Access is backed by a decade of experience and expertise in various infrastructure & technology integration projects. The company believes in providing a unified and open platform to control all the smart city applications through a most advanced single Command & Control Center (CCC). The VL Access CCC system is open and scalable platform which can integrate every type of 3rd party application for future expansions.

Explaining VL Access’ modus operandi to success, Sanjib says, “Our Vision at VL Access is to become the Number One Smart City Solution Provider in India with 360 degree coverage as we develop and customize our offerings with value additions in terms of hardware and software enhancements based on various Indian geographical needs instead of implementing the solutions as it is from the OEMs”.

A Name so Universal and Trusted
Sanjib agrees that a Smart City is a giant combination of robust IP Network System, powered by resilient network of IOT Devices, Connected & Secured Communities and Surveillance capabilities. Every cornerstone is so knitted to finally deliver intelligent analytics for better forecasting and monitoring abilities. VL Access is made up of experts that actually understand this ecosystem of devices & nodes. VL Access is part of many smart city initiatives by the Government-like, Smart Police, E-Courts, E-Prisons, Smart Campuses, Smart Water, Smart Waste Management, Smart Defence Systems, and Smart Traffic Systems etc.

VL Access has capitalized on its existing strengths of in-house R&D, IT Network, Hardware, and Software teams. Primarily, the company targets the Security & Surveillance Domains involving Smart Traffic, Smart Campuses, Smart Defence and Smart Mobility areas of a Smart City Project. VL Access brings in world class Command & Control Solutions that spans from centralized monitoring and connects to every aspect of communities and infrastructures.

Standing Out with a Comprehensive yet Unique Proposition
VL Access has time and again revamped its approaches and methodologies to stay abreast with the latest in technology and at the same time innovates extensively to encompass a wide spectrum of offerings.

Smart Cities require careful planning and surveying. Roads, traffic, lighting, buildings, communities, devices, network, distribution, devices, hardware’s, software’s etc. become the integral parts of a smart framework that the City relies on. Design of such a system & framework requires smart designing capabilities. Moreover, making the Smart City a “Green City” requirescertain renewable energy efficiency methods in place. The entire ecosystem of connected devices, working in tandem, adhering to a myriad of safety protocols and industry regulations, require not one, but
several 3rd party vendors. Obviously because no one vendor can serve all under one roof. Result; chaos, miscommunication and lack of RoI.

VL Access believes otherwise. The company believes in the end-to-end solution. From site survey to commission, VL Access team aims to be the single solution provider collaborating with global supply chain for facilitating quality products and solutions. More so, leveraging their own in-house R&D, hardware and software team, the company offers a unified model which works efficiently after implementations.

As the smart city concept is evolving with various new technologies both in hard and software space, most SI in this area focused on integration rather than unification. A lot of implementation challenges across India in the smart city space accounts for this reason.

VL Access is the only company that believes in the concept of unifications, rather than integration of technologies. The firm is known across its clients for managing everything from one platform to addressing multiple needs to delivering a consistent experience to providing a long-term productivity & efficiency of the implementation.

A Legacy of Successful Undertaking Influenced by Values
VL Access’ successful existence and continuous growth over many years is the result of the firm’s unwavering belief in few but steady core values. Values like flawless planning and project implantation, user-friendly operations, transparency in customer engagements and 24/7 on-site support and service post project implementations with full accountability. These values are also the reason that VL Access is able to speak volumes in the market.


As the smart city concept is evolving with various new technologies both in hard and software space, most SI in this area

“The trust that we earned in the market due to our conduct, enhances our current and future growth potential and puts us in a different league in comparison with our competitors”, says Sanjib.

This very conduct has also given the organization the motivation to hit bull’s eye in every project they have undertaken so far. Apart from in Public Sector, VL Access has written over hundred plus success stories spanning across industries such as Smart City Projects, Mining, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Health Care, Education and Real Estate Sectors.

One of the most prominent is the city Municipality in southern part of Odisha. Here, VL Access had implemented Integrated Traffic Management Systems (ITMS) along with city Surveillance over a unified Command & Control Centre. In the execution of the project, VL Access showed significant dedication in taking the entire process through every phase of problem solving. As Sanjib explains, the team carefully conducted a thorough survey of the city and all its traffic flow & signal points. Via Geographic Information System (GIS), the team built the digital maps of the city; then digitised the possible IP Networks & OFN layouts.

Next, the implementation & commissioning was much easier to customer’s appreciation. VL Access team brought in world class ALPR Technology and calibrated the cameras to capture all type of Indian Number (License) Plates along with hardware level integration with the controller for Red light Violation detection (RLVD) system. As a result, the new Surveillance System powered by a Central Command & Control Center collected over INR 16 Lakhs as fines from traffic rule violators, within two weeks after implementation!

VL Access has handpicked Surveillance Products and Software carefully, keeping Quality as the only benchmark. The firm has global network of 100+ partners in USA, Canada, UK, EU, Japan and Taiwan, that the company often collaborates with.

More Innovations in the Future
From a humble beginning in 2007, VL Access has HR strength of over 1000 employees as the firm collaborates with numerous partners in concept-to-commission stages. This includes a grass root level carpenter or surveyor to international domain experts from IT, Network and Security industries. Today, VL Access is expanding its services across India and South Asia Pacific Regions. Sanjib informs that there are many projects in the pipeline for the year 2021. With the COVID19 situation taking the bedrock, Sanjib is hopeful that the customers will come with new set of challenges and innovation demands, and VL Access is all set and buckled to make the best of it.

The USP of the Odisha Municipality project which demonstrates VL Access’ domain expertise
• Project completed as per the time line
• 99 percent LPR accuracy:One of Most advance ITMS & command and control system in India due Hardware level Integration with the signalling system
• Collection of INR 16 Lakh fine from traffic violators within 2 weeks of project implementation.
• The current implemented Infrastructure will support further integration of Smart city related
• Deployment of robust City-wide OFC network with a keeping in mind the network redundancy architecture