Clearfield has been supplying U.S. service providers in rural and urban areas with reliable fiber deployment solutions for over 15 years, including pre-connectorized cable, ducts, indoor and outdoor terminals, wall boxes, pedestals and cabinets. People building networks have selected our products because we have built the most scalable fiber optic management platform in the industry, delivering faster fiber deployments and lower labor costs. Our craft-friendly approach substantially reduces the need for in-field splicing, resulting in the need for less skilled labor and cutting the time for installation by up to 50%.
We’re now bringing these attributes to the United Kingdom’s fiber market, delivering a solution set of our most popular products that meets the UK’s and EU’s specific building and safety codes.
Enabling faster deployments, and saving money while doing it, is a common value for all successful businesses, regardless of where they are located on the globe. Similarly, our core values of listening to our clients, recognizing our skills and talent, understanding our client’s needs, collaborating with each other to deliver the best solution, and then celebrating our success is something that will require less translation than an episode of “Ted Lasso” and less catchup work than Rob McElhenny and Ryan Reynolds faced when they bought the Wrexham soccer, er, football club.
Our labor lite, plug and play fiber connectivity solutions are designed to reduce on-site splicing to save on both the time and cost to turn up the customer without affecting the quality of the network. We say this with confidence because we’ve been supplying a wide range of service providers with our products for years, from tier 1s to small rural providers.
Altnets challenging incumbents need to operate lean and swiftly, especially in the face of incumbents that realize they can’t sit idly by as consumers demand high-speed fiber-based services. Turning up customers faster means more revenue sooner. Our labor lite approach reduces the need for skilled technicians who are in short supply.
Our technology works equally well whether it is applied to individual homes or a multi-story MDU with hundreds of tenants. In the U.S., we’re reducing the labor cost to connect an individual home by at least 30%, savings that don’t need cultural translation. We’re looking forward to doing the same work with altnets in the UK. Everyone wins when you can deliver fiber broadband faster and more affordably. So, let’s start winning together.
Kevin leads the marketing efforts for Clearfield as Chief Marketing Officer. He joined the fiber company in 2016, leveraging his extensive experience in advanced communications technology, fiber optic systems, and business product marketing. Prior to joining Clearfield, he spent two decades serving in various senior marketing positions at ADTRAN. Before that, he spent a decade at telephone operating company BellSouth, now a part of AT&T, where he worked as the lead broadband product evaluations resource in the Science & Technology department.
Morgan currently serves on the Fiber Broadband Association Senior Council Committee and has also held various leadership positions at the Fiber Broadband Association, including Board of Directors Chair for 2015, 2019, and 2022. Morgan holds an Electrical Engineering degree from Auburn University and an MBA from the University of Alabama.