FiberPlanITFTTx Network Design Tool

Turning planning into profit

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Ghent, Belgium

Toronto, Canada

FTTx network planning and design

Software and services

More than…

15 years experience

120 projects

40 countries

65 Million homes planned

Who we are

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FTTx project challenges

Network Planning automation & optimization

FiberPlanIT

Experienced benefits

I’ll talk about…

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Challenges

High costs

High risk

High pressure

Answer

Automation & optimization

FTTx project

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Save costs in planning, design and construction

with FiberPlanIT’s Automation & Optimization

Turning planning into profit

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4x faster 20-30% less trenching

and cabling

Numbers from Visionstream NZ

Automation (time saving)

Apply design rules of customer

Create network elements: cables, ducts, trenches, splitters, closures, manholes,…

Optimization (construction cost saving)

Advanced routing and clustering

FiberPlanIT = Automation & Optimization

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Cost-optimized (CAPEX)

Field Proof – Constructible

Importance input data quality

Field survey part of the process

Adjust design based on local information and restrictions

Future proof (OPEX)

Uniform designs

Take into account future needs

Optimized network design

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Planning and Design process

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Strategic

Planning

GO

Initial

Design

Field

Survey

Finetune

Design

Detailed

Design

Network

Build

Network

Inventory

TO BUILD

AS BUILT

FiberPlanIT

Simulator

FiberPlanIT

Designer

Integration with

Inventory solutions

Integration with

Mobile solutions

GIS

Rules

Automatic

Pre-processing

Inventory

Management Tool

GIS input

Aerial pre-processing Underground pre-processing

Costs and architecture

export

Design

Iterative

Fine-tuning

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Experienced benefits FiberPlanIT value

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Strengthen the business case

Increase confidence in the project

Lower the project costs

Shorten project duration

Strategic Planning – ISPs and consultancy

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Control critical FTTx high level design

Ramp up network design activities

Lower deployment costs

Cheaper and easier maintenance of network

Network Design – ISPs & engineering

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Savings depending on maturityCurrent situation Experience of planners

Process

Data quality

Based on customer experience

Construction savings: 10% cheaper

Design efficiency: 3-20 times as fast

FiberPlanIT in numbers

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Customer POC: Design 2500 homes

Original design was 8% more expensive

than FPI design

= a saving of 200k EUR on a project for

2500 homes

Customer POC: Design 2000 homes

Manual design took the engineer 2 months.

FPI design was ready within 2 days.

Engineering work for Chorus

FiberPlanIT experienced value:

20-30% less cabling and trenching

Twice the design throughput in half the time

Real-time scenario testing for optimum rollout

Customer Case: Visionstream New Zealand

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4x faster

20-30% less trenching

and cabling

Thank you! www.fiberplanit.com

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