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What is it? It's been a huge week for the telecommunications industry, with $42.45 billion being released to expand internet access...

Every fiber build starts with a line on a map. Getting that line approved, permitted, and ready for crews is a separate piece of work, and it is where most of the schedule risk sits. A route that looks clean from aerial imagery can carry six figures of make ready on a handful of poles. An application that reaches a pole owner without a required pole loading analysis comes back weeks later with the clock reset. Crews mobilized before the package is finished sit idle while some

Data Collection is our base software offering, as well as the foundation which all Katapult Pro workflows are built upon. These tools and...

If you've ever spent hours building and tweaking pole components in PoleForeman or SPIDAcalc, only to discover a critical measurement was missing from your field notes, you know the frustration. Pole loading analysis is essential for grid safety, but the traditional process of collecting manual data, transferring it between systems, and updating designs after running calculations creates bottlenecks that slow down attachment projects. This guide explains what pole loading ana

Later this year, we will be releasing our updated joint use management offering, the Pole Attachments Application Portal. The Portal...

You're scoping a new fiber build. The route runs along an existing distribution line, you know roughly which poles you need, and construction is breathing down your neck. The pole owner just sent over their attachment application requirements, and the first deliverable they want is a pole map. That map is going to be the foundation of every conversation with the pole owner from this point forward. If it's wrong or incomplete, the application bounces back, the FCC clock pauses

Content Links Statement Structure Logic Blocks Expressions Expressions as Arguments Data List Items Literal Procedures As the Katapult Pro software platform continues to grow and mature, it is becoming more important for our clients to have control over the various configurable aspects of the software. The Logic Editor in Katapult Pro gives users an interface where users can build out logical statements and scriptlets, analogous to Microsoft Excel functions, with as

As we come to a close in 2022, we want to start the new year with an overview of some exciting changes to Katapult Pro. This new, 6.0...

One touch make ready is the process that allows one contractor to make all or most attachments moves with only one visit to the pole....

Your field crew just texted. They're two hours in, and they've already hit a section of the route you never mapped—three poles that weren't in the original KMZ, a guying situation nobody flagged, and a span over a railroad right-of-way that could push the build timeline by six months or more. They're making judgment calls on the side of the road instead of collecting data. A 150-pole day is starting to feel impossible. This is what happens when pre-field job design gets treat