Fiber-Optic Infrastructure
As critical networks expand to more customers, high bandwidth and enhanced reliability is central to maintaining communication and business operations in areas that need the most support. Your fiber-optic infrastructure upgrades must support the increasing demands of next-generation use cases and cutting-edge network technologies, all while providing the scalability and maximum deployment value for your existing fiber-optic plant.
We partner with you to bring experienced planning, design, implementation and maintenance to your large-scale fiber-optic upgrades. Because we have deep knowledge of critical infrastructure, assets and services, you can trust that your fiber-optic networks will be ready to meet your needs.
Meeting Fiber Backhaul Challenges
Demand for point-to-point (PtP) networks — dedicated, privately owned fiber-optic networks — has increased significantly because of their unparalleled capacity, flexibility and recurring revenue potential. We leverage strong relationships with specialists to identify and navigate regional infrastructure challenges, competing markets, and complex real estate and permitting issues. Our specialists in fiber optics work closely with our transmission and distribution groups to design, plan and construct projects using innovative methods for fiber-optic cables in both overhead and underground applications.
Our experience with communication tower builds and existing tower modifications means we can deliver the planning, engineering and implementation of complex and phased projects by providing fiber-optic capabilities to these structures. Our resumé also includes small cells, which are the preferred wireless infrastructure deployment method for wireless service providers in densely populated areas, including new 5G rollouts. Typical deployments can leverage existing power poles or other infrastructure, allowing for a near street-level antenna centerline. Our experience in radio frequency designs and fiber-optic network deployments means we can plan and execute an optimized and efficient network rollout.
Passive Optical Networks (PON) With Reliability, Scalability
Internet service providers leverage PON to provide voice, data and video services to their customers by leveraging their fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) networks. Utilities have seen the advantages of such networks in serving increased communication system demands for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA), distribution automation, distributed energy resources, advanced metering infrastructure and other technologies necessary for safe and reliable operations. Our knowledge and experience position us to assist both market segments, serving clients by providing guidance, equipment evaluation, development and testing, hardware selection, and detailed design functions for PON deployments. We can provide the reliability and scalability to meet these growing market needs.
Comprehensive Fiber Networks, From Planning Through Commissioning
Our fiber team is backed by extensive in-house resources to guide your plan from initial consulting and planning through design, construction, commissioning — and even into monitoring and maintenance. We regularly provide impartial assistance with equipment selection, installation, acceptance testing and advanced dispersion testing for high-speed networks. We provide integrated environmental and construction resources to keep your project on track, as well as robust project controls to manage and mitigate risk.
Our in-house integration lab — equipped with more than 1,000 kilometers of fiber — allows us to validate and experiment with network designs to confirm functionality by mirroring your production network. By using our inventory or bringing in additional vendor equipment, we can customize a testing plan so that you are confident your system is ready for deployment and ongoing maintenance.
We also leverage our in-house optical testing specialists and equipment to provide testing and characterization of existing optical fibers, gathering the necessary data to plan a large network build-out by prioritizing the most important segments. Through our integrated engineer-procure-construct (EPC) delivery approach, you can make an efficient transition from engineering design through project construction.
