State Telecom Activities

摘要

Verizon and the city of New York formed a one-year fiber micro-trenching agreement, thenNew York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications said Tuesday. Thencity's Department of Transportation also signed the agreement. The telco will install fiber in multiplenpre-approved locations, with other providers potentially able to use excess capacity, the departmentnsaid. Micro-trenching is the “process of installing small conduits within the edges of the sidewalknto house fiber optic cabling,” it explained (http://on.nyc.gov/104dD0H). “A quick, low-impactndeployment method, fiber optic cabling is inserted into a small slot-cut trench without damaging orndisrupting existing infrastructure.” This pilot will last through November and expand and improvenbroadband access, the city said. Verizon will report to the city on the effectiveness of the pilot oncenit’s done, as the city contemplates a more widespread application of the process, according to thenformal agreement (http://on.nyc.gov/14LsQIM).