Mapping and Structural Checks: Two Steps Behind Every Telecom Build

 When adding new equipment to a telecom network, it's nearly always about working with something that already exists. A small cell is installed on a utility pole. A standing tower with an antenna attached. Before any of this goes down the road the answers to two questions must be found: where is everything and can the structure support the additional load?

iTechLance IT provides operators and infrastructure developers in the UK, Australia, the US and the Middle East with the answers to both.

Seeing the Whole Network

 

The beginning of good planning is an accurate picture. GIS mapping for telecom networks integrates field survey and access data, existing records, aerial imagery, and operator databases in one geo referenced dataset that includes equipment locations, fiber routes and ducts, small cells and towers.

The iTechLance IT system is designed to construct GIS mapping to align with the client's data schema, eliminating the need to import the dataset into the client's planning and asset management system. It is utilized by operators for capacity planning, sharing of infrastructure, fault response and regulatory reporting.

Confirming What a Structure Can Hold

New equipment must be installed on a pole or tower where someone must ensure that the structure is capable of supporting the additional load caused by local wind and ice conditions. A Pole Loading Analysis is a study of how much capacity the existing poles have for the proposed load, and provides the authority that is reviewing the attachment with what they need to approve it.

iTechLance IT creates simple Pole Loading Analysis reports according to recognized standards which include assumptions and results presented in a format that flows through the permit review process.

Working Together

Candidates structures identified by mapping. Structural analysis verifies those that can accept new equipment. The results are provided by a single partner and directly uploaded into permit packages to reduce the review time and the back-and-forth exchanges between the supplier.

iTechLance IT's clients come back because deliverables are accurate, arrive on time and are easy to use. That consistency guarantees and safeguards budgets and deployment schedules for operators operating programs in different markets.