With rebuilds, upgrades and newbuilds on the rise, outsourcing projects, equipment and personnel is becoming a viable option for cable operators. And it's creating an entire new industry along with it. More and more companies are facing a lack of installers and skilled workers, and they haven't trained people for those jobs. A fresh study suggests that 66 percent of the companies surveyed said they planned to outsource some type of services in the next two years.
Consolidation is next on the horizon.
Technicians are routinely being asked to display skills beyond traditional wiring and installation, and are in high demand. Photo courtesy of Via Source. The subcontractor community is now very fragmented regionally, with very thin margins. Via Source's acquisitions mirror the seachange occurring in the construction and plant management sector of the cable and telecommunications industries. And, as the footprint widens for new services and technologies, and the demand for more bandwidth intensifies, outsourcing rebuilds, upgrades and newbuilds is gaining acceptance by MSOs and telecommunications companies as a viable alternative to in-house construction, installation and plant management.