Learn about a nano-level remote-controlled directional drilling product developed in the Netherlands in 2021. The technology is being introduced to the North American market in 2024. The tool is intended for duct and pipe installations in applications where space is a major issue, such as road crossings, tree preservation, and stream crossings.

To succeed today, we must look back at what worked in the decades past when deployment of telecom networks first began. In this session, learn how to improve team morale and culture through a shared mission and shared leadership, expose specialists to the "jack of all trades" mentality, and apply historical lessons learned to the use of cutting-edge technology.

This session explores strategies to ensure network operators, service providers, state broadband offices, and more can accurately plan, design, and engineer high-quality fiber broadband networks that reach ROI faster. Hear from a panel of network construction experts on how bringing in contractors early to the process enables network operators to stay on budget and complete projects as efficiently as possible.

This presentation will discuss the challenges faced with capital efficiency in today’s build environment and the innovations of products, processes, and systems to overcome them.

Capital expenditures begins with design. However, understanding timing and sequence of key decisions and what tools can effectively guide those decisions, is what ensures a projects expenditures are predictable and properly managed. The Broadband Group will showcase insights from four successful large-scale fiber network projects, highlighting best practices and lessons learned.

Wireless communications such as 5G and beyond have increased energy needs for equipment and radios and the need for a new safe and efficient power delivery. This session will explain in detail FMPS, how such power is deployed, what codes apply, and how such systems and connected equipment are electrically protected.

This session offers an exploration of joint use services for successful aerial plant deployment—from up-front make-ready ride out for pole assessment, through an expedited application approval process with power companies, to make-ready construction. Gain valuable insights into the processes, tools, and tactics employed by engineering firms to achieve success in this ever-changing telecommunications space.