Fiber/DAS/Small Cell

We have a long history with cellular systems and distributed antenna systems. Now with 5G most of our work is involved with the fiber rings, fiber backhaul laterals, power feeds and installation of 5G cell sites. Our projects are turn-key for our customers. This requires us to plan, secure permits, remove old street lamp posts, and replace with new street lamp posts or utility poles and mount the radios, antennas, optical network interface, fiber whip and test the entire system. We utilize cloud computing to deliver near real time job progress reports and closeout packages. You can be certain that your 5G cellular system will be up and running reliably. Send your project requests and we will respond. Learn more at ECC Expanded Fiber Capability

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Building Small Cell Sites - Urban Areas

The move to 5G's higher operating frequencies will demand smaller but more numerous antennas to accommodate the anticipated increase in connection density of the Internet of Things and machine to machine communications. Turning design into reality is the job of Electric Conduit Construction (ECC). 

Replacing a Light Pole & Foundation for Small Cell Installation

When those red lines indicating traffic jams, show up on your phone it is due to data coming in from other drivers stopped ahead of you. Soon there will be more data, and more machines talking to machines than people talking to people. Enabling this wave of connectivity are the engineers who invent the systems...

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The race to 5G

In the latest episode of Planet Underground, Electric Conduit Construction gives an in-depth look at the process and difficulties that come along with installing the latest 5G high-speed internet for the people of Chicago. 

Fiber Splice Speeds Small Cell to Market

Small cell installations only work well when high speed backhaul is available. This usually means proximity to a fiber optic trunk cable. One of our customers, a major telecommunications company, engineered a series of small cell sites that had to be installed and tested.

AGL Magazine Features Electric Conduit Project

This project is a good example of some of the construction challenges posed when building antenna sites. Electric Conduit Construction is capable of building, maintaining and modifying virtually any type of tower.

Small Cell Brings Speed to Users

Electric Conduit Construction (ECC) was selected to assist a major carrier in improving cellular phone service in the City of Chicago and in various parts of the Chicago Suburbs. 

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