One crew.
One tool.
Site live.
Today, every site deployment needs two parties on the ground: a general contractor and an integrator who tests and installs the baseband software. NorthTel collapses that to one — the GC, with our tool in hand.
on site
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GC mobilizes for civils, power and RF install. Integrator flies in separately to test and install baseband software. Two trucks, two schedules, two invoices per site.
Two crews per site.
That's the problem.
Every site deployment today needs a general contractor (civils, power, RF install) and an integrator (baseband testing, software install, commissioning). Two crews on site means more driving hours, more parking lots, more cabinet-floor exposure. NorthTel collapses it to one.
Two parties on the ground
- 01General contractor mobilizesCivils, power drop, antenna mount, RF install, cabinet placement.
- 02GC waitsSite sits idle until the integrator's calendar opens up.
- 03Integrator flies inSpecialist with laptop tethers to the baseband, runs tests, pushes software.
- 04Site liveTwo mobilizations. Two sets of driving hours. More people on site, more often.
One party on the ground
- 01GC mobilizes — with ROC in handSame civils, power, RF install. Plus a handheld at the cabinet.
- 02Back office takes over remotelyIntegrator-grade testing and software install runs through the portal.
- 03GC confirms and leavesOne button on the ROC. Audit log auto-saved.
- 04Site live — and saferOne mobilization. Fewer driving hours. Fewer people on site. Lower incident exposure.
Two field devices.
One portal.
Both devices share the same secure backbone and report into the same portal. Buy them together, or start with the one that hurts most today.
Bring up new sites without backhaul.
A handheld terminal that lets the back office configure, debug and commission Airscale baseband units while the tower crew is on the ladder. No laptop in the field. No coordination calls.
- One-button new-site software push
- Secure link to back-office portal
- Built for technicians, not specialists
Walk a sector. The site walks itself through commissioning.
A guided handheld that tells you where to stand, takes every reading, analyzes the result, and writes the commissioning report in real time. No checklist. No spreadsheet.
- Guided walk paths per sector
- Auto-analysis of every measurement
- Live report streamed to the portal
Four principles. Everything else follows.
Telecom field tooling has been a coordination problem dressed up as a technology problem. We design for the people on the ladder and the people at the desk — not for the spec sheet.
No friction
No training. No manuals. A technician should pick up a device and use it inside a minute. If it needs a class, it failed.
No truck rolls
Every problem we solve is one that historically required a specialist driving to the site. We move the specialist to the desk.
One portal
Both devices, every site, every test. One sign-in, one source of truth. No spreadsheet exports, no email reports.
Built for the field
Ruggedized. Glove-friendly. Drop-resistant. The hardware ships with the same care as the software running on it.
Three customers. The same problem.
OEMs don't want to coordinate field engineers. Tower companies don't want to wait for them. Field crews don't want to be them. NorthTel solves all three.
Mobile network operators
T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and their tier-one peers. Cut the dependency on flying specialists to every site bring-up.
- New site commissioning at scale
- Backhaul-independent rollout
- Audit trail on every action
Tower companies
American Tower, Crown Castle, SBA and the long tail. Standardize site readiness before the OEM ever shows up.
- Pre-flight readiness reports
- Predictable handoffs
- Faster lease activation
Field service contractors
The crews who climb every day. NorthTel makes their toolkit smaller, their work faster, and their reports automatic.
- One device, all sites
- No checklist clipboards
- Walk-away reporting
Sites, devices, alerts, audit log, call tests — one place.
Both devices stream straight into the same web portal. Map view, ROC list, call-testing reports, software management and an audit log live behind a single sign-in. Roles and permissions for OEM, tower co, and contractor users are baked in.
Built by people who have done the climb.
NorthTel is a small team of product engineers and telecom field veterans who got tired of watching the same coordination problems eat the same weeks every quarter.
We've installed Airscale cabinets in -20°C parking lots. We've waited four hours for a backhaul handoff that didn't happen. We've written the same commissioning report into three different spreadsheets. Now we're building the tools we wish we'd had.
Run a pilot at one site.
See what changes at every site.
Tell us about your bring-up calendar and a site you'd like to start with. We'll ship hardware and walk through the portal setup with your team.
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