Splicing & Testing
Splicing & Testing.
Splicing is where a route becomes a network. Our teams fusion splice at closures, cabinets and POP sites, terminate and test every fibre, and hand over documented results rather than a verbal confirmation that it’s working.
Testing is done to the standards the operator requires: OTDR traces in both directions, insertion loss and light readings, with every result recorded against the fibre it belongs to. If a link doesn’t meet spec, it gets fixed before handover, not after a customer complains.
How we work.
Splicing teams work to the design and the as-built record, not from memory. Every closure is documented, every tray recorded, and every fibre traced. It’s slower than the alternative and it’s the reason our networks are straightforward to fault-find later.
Why it matters?
Poor splicing doesn’t fail immediately. It shows up months later as degraded performance and intermittent faults that are expensive to trace. Doing it properly the first time is what keeps maintenance costs down over the life of the network.
- Records that make future faults easy to trace
- Faults found before handover, not after
- Every link tested and recorded
Splicing & Testing FAQs
What operators ask about splicing and commissioning?
How we splice, what we test for, and what you receive at handover.
Bi-directional OTDR traces, insertion loss and light level readings on every fibre. We test to the standard the operator specifies, and we'll work to your acceptance criteria rather than our own.
A full test pack: OTDR traces, loss results, splice records and as-built updates, recorded per fibre and per closure. It's handed over in a format you can hold a contractor to later.
We re-splice and re-test until it meets spec. Nothing is signed off on the basis that it's close enough, because a marginal link becomes a fault a few months in.
Yes. Relocations, extensions and repairs on live infrastructure are routine work for our maintenance teams, with outage windows agreed in advance.
Yes. We're often brought in to splice and commission on builds another contractor has constructed, and to re-test networks where the original records are incomplete.
Our splicing teams work with their own fusion splicers and OTDR test sets. We're not waiting on hired equipment when a project needs to move.