Network Planning
In the rapidly evolving telecommunications landscape, being ahead isn't just about speed—it's about strategic foresight. Arrow by Altman Solon brings an AI-driven revolution, turning insights into actions and ensuring your business not only competes but thrives.
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Accelerate network expansion
In an increasingly competitive market, network operators need to quickly and comprehensively evaluate network expansion and upgrade options to keep pace, including geo-specific costs, competition, revenue, and financial returns.
Compared to other network planning platforms, Arrow by Altman Solon is the only platform that approaches network planning with the business case in mind, helping you maximize returns on your infrastructure investments. This enables you to run simulations on multiple fiber expansion scenarios in multiple markets within minutes – not weeks.
Arrow by Altman Solon in focus
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route miles & locations analyzed
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improved financial returns
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reduction in capital expense
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Quickly and accurately find the lowest-cost route and bill of materials to create a clear business case for expanding your network. Request a demo to get started.
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Arrow by Altman Solon is trusted by leading telco and network operators as the foundation for all network deployment planning.
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How we've helped network operators succeed
Global Infrastructure Investor Planning to Acquire Rural Fiber Operator
Challenge The client was a consortium of global infrastructure investors seeking to expand its portfolio of fiber assets. The goal of the project was to support Altman Solon’s client in the acquisition of a fiber player with a rural footprint and a significant deployment plan. The client was interested in an assessment of the target’s key business plan assumptions; deployment and go-to-market approach; commercial, technical, and operational performance; and outlook for key business plan parameters. Solution The project consisted of commercial and technical due diligence modules. A core component of the commercial due diligence was B2C and B2C municipality-by-municipality based target’s addressable market estimation. It took into account factors like existing level of high-speed broadband (DSL based and coax cable), subsidies ...
Global Infrastructure Investor Planning to Acquire Rural Fiber Operator
Challenge The client was a consortium of global infrastructure investors seeking to expand its portfolio of fiber assets. The goal of the project was to support Altman Solon’s client in the acquisition of a fiber player with a rural footprint and a...
Making Integrated Planning a Reality: Planning fiber expansion with Arrow's innovative approach
Network operators have long been challenged to optimize routing decisions to account for demand from endpoints across all the segments they serve while minimizing speculative capital expenditures. A leading network operator leveraged Arrow by Altman...
Rapid RFP Response for North American Communications Infrastructure Provider
Challenge Enterprises are continuing to increase their dependency on data, with more data loads and a geographically dispersed employee base demanding real-time performance. This increased demand has generated more deployments of dark and enterprise...
What is Arrow by Altman Solon primarily used for?
Arrow by Altman Solon’s four focus areas include market selection, high-level design, detail design, and an evaluation of opportunities. It’s used to identify geographical areas that are attractive for network and service expansion, develop fiber routes and business cases for individual markets, and to qualify and estimate costs for specific commercial and residential locations.
What makes Arrow by Altman Solon unique?
Arrow by Altman Solon uses a return optimization approach rather than a cost-based approach. The intuitive platform is quick to analyze large footprints and can simulate multiple location types, including households, businesses, and cell towers, saving your team valuable time when you’re overwhelmed with demand.
The end result is an automated route design and detailed business plan in seconds – all of which align with your business planning assumptions, such as your coverage, budget, and target returns.
Don’t like the initial ROI? Arrow by Altman Solon comes with a full suite of optimizations to find the right subset of a market based on competition, cost per foot dynamics, and socio-economic factors.
Does Arrow by Altman Solon align with my standard network architecture?
Yes. Arrow by Altman Solon will provide geo-specific routes and equipment placement to the curb based on your preferred network architecture. This includes your drop distance, split ratios, and maximum locations per equipment. You can configure your own settings and upload your data within the application, or our team can assist you.
Does Arrow by Altman Solon allow for the flexibility of financial goals, assumptions, and network types?
Yes. The platform offers flexibility of financial goals and assumptions to allow for multiple approaches to network routing, including the least-cost approach, IRR, your specific budget, and your coverage needs. Arrow by Altman Solon also supports multiple network types to enable planners to estimate the trade-offs of using each splitter architecture type in different areas.
Your automated next step.
Transform your network deployment strategy and lead the market. Maximize your ROI, stake your claims in new territories with precision, and embrace the future. Partner with Arrow by Altman Solon today.