Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLFD) is one of the best optical networking stocks to buy according to analysts. On May 18, Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLFD) announced that Caribbean Cellular Telephone Ltd. (CCT) and BVI Cable TV had successfully rebuilt a large portion of the British Virgin Islands’ communications infrastructure using Clearfield’s modular, pre-connectorized fiber technologies. Clearfield said its technology enabled the companies to cut deployment times by 50% and significantly speed up post-storm network restoration.
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The British Virgin Islands, or BVI, communications infrastructure needed to be rebuilt after suffering grievous damage from two Category 5 hurricanes that hit the islands in 2017. All of CCT’s existing cable network was completely wiped out. However, CCT could not get things done in good time because its traditional vendors were slow, according to Clearfield, which is why they were engaged. The company added that the BVI also has a very limited pool of skilled fiber splicers, which made traditional fiber repair work slow and expensive.
Therefore, CCT approached Clearfield to redesign the network from scratch, a task the company completed in just a few weeks. Clearfield built the new infrastructure on four of its product lines, including FieldSmart Fiber Distribution Hub cabinets, Clearview Blue Cassettes for fiber management, FieldShield fiber and microduct solutions for outside plant deployment, and the YOURx-Terminal plug-and-play platform for last-mile connections.
The network now covers roughly one-third of all households and numerous businesses across the BVI. According to Clearfield, the network’s modular design means that when a storm damages components, technicians can swap them out quickly without waiting for skilled splicers or long vendor lead times.
Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ:CLFD) is a fiber connectivity and broadband infrastructure company that supplies products used in optical networking deployments. The company designs and manufactures fiber management, protection, and connectivity solutions that help telecom providers, municipalities, utilities, and broadband operators expand high-speed fiber-optic networks.
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