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Katapult logo with “OTMR Blog Series” overlaid a blurry photo of a telephone pole. This article was co-written with Katapult COO, Andrew...

I co-wrote this article with Katapult COO, Andrew Bryden, as the second in a series on the FCC's new pole attachment rules featuring...

I co-wrote this article with Katapult COO Andrew Bryden, as a part of a series in preparing pole owners and attachers for the new FCC...

In one week, new FCC rules will go into place changing broadband deployment for third-party attachers. The official report and order can...

1. Make ready costs make a major impact on aerial route selection. Whether it's the engineering or construction (or both), third-party...

1) Put Culture First. One of the most important factors in your organization's health is culture. A good culture can be hard to define,...

Nearly two years ago, we reviewed pole loading platforms O-Calc Pro, SPIDAcalc, and PoleForeman based on their performance, controls,...

Pole loading analysis is a beautiful thing. With all the ongoing small cell projects for 5G wireless, fiber networks powering gigabit...

For my last article, I got a chance to learn a bit more about LiDAR and how our team collected time-of-flight data in the early 2000s....

LiDAR (light detection and ranging) is a system of data collection that uses laser pulses and time-of-flight calculations to capture...