5G fiber densification

USE
CASE

1

Challenge

  • 100x more fibers to install
  • Reliability of aging fiber infrastructure (outages)
  • Mix of contractors with fiber expertise gaps
  • 1/5 techs properly equipped to assess quality
Portable communications device, Gadget

Optical Explorer

  • Equip techs to be faster +
  • Enable frontline teams to fix issues on the spot
  • Spend time only on bad links
  • Keep expert techs on expert jobs

Solution

Office supplies, Writing implement

Results

Proactive fiber health check

  • Close more jobs per day
  • Eliminate unnecessary truck rolls
  • Achieve first-time-right small cell activation
  • Speed up deployment