These days, telco network infrastructure projects are larger and more complex than ever before, and they require enormous investments. And with the current rush to maximize fiber optic network coverage, the size of these rollout investments quickly starts to weigh heavily on the balance sheet. There inevitably comes a pivotal point where the pressure to start generating returns becomes too urgent to ignore.
How to make these investments pay off – and preferably sooner rather than later?
In the early days of fiber optic networks, it used to be that the decision to start with a rollout was based on a reasonable assurance that at least 40% of the homes passed would switch to fiber optic connectivity. Now, demand for faster internet is so great that surveying the area for interest beforehand isn’t necessary and maximizing fiber network coverage is the goal.
But maximum coverage and larger, more complex networks mean enormous capital outlays. At a certain point, network owners need to start shifting their focus toward delivering a healthy and sustainable ROI. Shifting the focus from faster rollouts to faster ROI.
One way to a faster ROI is with more insight and control over the network as early as possible during the construction phase. Large, complex fiber telco networks are a serious CAPEX challenge, especially if network owners must wait until the final delivery before they can start with the commercial activities of selling connections. Automating control of the process with a system that allows you to manage and prioritize individual commercial areas as part of the larger rollout project can turn that challenge to a network owner’s advantage.
Not only do real-time insights and better control during the construction phase make it possible to speed up the rollout significantly by anticipating issues and improving and simplifying communication, but the continuous view to the most accurate and reliable status of every network connection means instant orderability (and even pre-ordering) as soon as each connection is complete.
With the right system for automating insights and tracking the process, network owners can market their network as they build it and start shifting the focus to ROI much sooner. With the right system, the journey from Homes Passed to Homes Activated can be made at record speed!
The newest Gridsz module, Build, allows network operators to follow every step of the network rollout process and have more control over prioritizing important commercial areas for immediate orderability, even before the final network delivery. Build integrates seamlessly with the Availability checker module, with real-time status updates, to make pre-ordering a piece of cake for active operators.
