Thomas Cable Communications, Inc.

THOMAS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS has been a telecommunications  contractor for over 36 years. Incorporated in 1983, in Minnesota, we maintain our offices in San Diego California (servicing So Cal) , and in Houston Texas (Servicing So TX).

THOMAS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS sees 5G as the coming of an age that, going forward, will affect our way of life. And Thomas Cable Communications installs and support the networks of this new era.

Our company has a wide variety of training, experience, and knowledge in the communications field. However, recently our main focus, has been 5G networks.  Today’s  Carriers and Tower companies are going to benefit tremendously from development of technologies, release of new RF spectrum and increases in network traffic due to 5G.  Since Thomas Cable Communications has MSA’s with several Carriers, OEM, and SLA’s. We look to support these fast growing 5G networks.

THOMAS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS takes great pride in being a company capable of doing the complete construction project, from inception to completion, in a rapid, safe and efficient manner.

THOMAS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS is very cognizant of the importance of having and maintaining good customer relations for all parties concerned in a construction project.  The company accentuates customer satisfaction and is very proud of its reputation in achieving this goal. 

THOMAS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS performs tower work including new construction C&I and maintenance. Our company has MSA’s with several carriers, SLA’s and OEM’s. Work performed includes:

Construction

• New Construction and Mods (NSD,mount swaps, overlays, Hot cut, antenna, RRU, BTS XXX)

• Site Upgrades and Repairs (inclusing 5G, LTE,UMTS, GSM and CDMA)

• Power Cabinet (SSC) Swaps (AC and DC power systems and upgrade, battery backup)( Delta, Purcell)

• Macro site , Small Cell and DAS (indoor and outdoor), Public ROW and private

• Work performed on Rooftops, Water Tanks, monopole, self support and guyed tower

• Ice bridge and H-Frame

• Cabinets, Vaults, Hand Holes, Pull Box, conduit (PVC and GMP)

• Site Close Package / Talonview

• Warehousing, procurement and pre assembly

Commissioning and Integration

• Off site precommisioning of equipment

• BTS system modules and baseband modules

• Nokia – Legacy, Flexi and Airscale

• Ericsson – BBU 6630s

• CSR/Router Scripting – 7705, 7210, ASR920, ASR901

• RRU’s

• Decommisioning

• Call test: Drive and Drone

Maintanance

Troubleshooting / Tiger Teams

• 5G, LTE, UMTS, GSM
• Cable (Fiber optic, copper, coax, ethernet HCS, Jumpers and connectors)
• VSWR
• RSSI
• RTWP
• RET Tilt
• Antenna and azimuth
• PIM
• SWEEP
• Transport fronthaul – backhaul (testing OTDR ,OLTS VFL)
• Links
• Sector swaps
• DAS
• Problem solving

• RRU Radio replacement

• ASSET Tracking

• Software Upgrades

• Microwave backhaul pathing

THOMAS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS maintains General Engineering and Electrical licensing and has performed all types outside plant in local and state public ROW and private (civilian and military). Aerial and underground construction. Our OSP/ISP construction services include:

OUTSIDE PLANT

• Network builds, dark, FTTP, FTTH, FTTX

• Trenching (Rocksaw, micro, backhoe, hand trench, plowing)

• Boring (Directional, pipe pushing and pneumatic)

• General Excavation and structural ,Manhole placement and relocation , CEV , and hand holes

• All types of Concrete and Asphalt restoration

• Innerduct, Cable placement

• Fiber splicing and testing

• Engineering and Mapping

• Cable Locating

• Emergency restoration

• Permitting, traffic control, surveying, strand mapping

INSIDE PLANT

• Conduit placement (Rigid and EMT)

• Electrical Services Adds, Deletes and relocates

• Coring radar and x-ray scanning

• MPOE , HUB and shelter buildouts

THOMAS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS has performed work in over 160 seperate Central Offices and Data Centers. Work we perform includes:

• Environment design and buildout, cable tray and racking, Relay racks, fiber management systems

• DC Power systems.

• Signal cable installation, terminations and testing (Fiber, ethernet and Copper)

• Transport, DACS and switching