A recent survey from bOnline has shown that many SMEs are unsure about the availability of altnet in their area, with confusion over the UK’s broadband roll-out strategy.
Wed, 21/02/2024 - 10:46
Connect Fibre is adopting Deepomatic’s First Time Right Automation platform to expedite its rollout whilst reducing error-related costs.
The platform will automate the control of fibre operations documentation and field engineers' work.
This will help the altnet by ensuring it can access Openreach’s Physical Infrastructure Access product more efficiently.
It cites that a full compliance report was taking a lengthy amount of time to be fully validated, generating delays in its network deployment.
Deepomatic’s enables Connect Fibre’s field teams and build partners to use a mobile app to capture photos of their work and the solution checks for conformity, guaranteeing reliability. In case of rejection, the engineers can immediately retake new photos.
The platform then analyses the photos through several checkpoints and delivers instant feedback to field engineers about the quality of their work, enabling them to rectify anomalies.
Dale Regan, Chief Delivery Officer & Co-Founder at Connect Fibre, said: “It is effective to embed automated quality assurance measures within a multiparty ecosystem, where both the altnet and multiple build partners working on the same objective can excel in delivering a robust network.
“We will be looking at deploying the platform across a wider spectrum of areas within the business.”
Augustin Marty, CEO at Deepomatic, added, “Wasting time and money is not a luxury that the telecommunications sector can afford. Today’s society is demanding velocity and Connect Fibre has well understood that this cannot be done at the cost of quality.”
