A Division of Technology Associates International Corporation
Network Engineering
As an industry leader, Technology Associates’ talented staff, verifiable performance and client-tested processes speak for themselves. We offer a single point contact in the complex design, development, and deployment of our projects. Technology Associates welcomes this responsibility, because we gladly assume the risks involved, and because we know we can depend on our proven staff of seasoned professionals. Our ability to understand and resolve our client’s needs is the key to our performance and what makes us an industry leader. We invest in quality personnel and the technological resources to back up our commitments.

Technology Associates brings the expertise and resources of a national company that provides infrastructure services to the nation’s largest telecommunications carriers. The benefits and services of the Technology Associates Network Engineering Team include:
  • Analysis of the client’s existing network readiness.
  • Analysis and ranking of site candidates for timely, cost-effective local-exchange carrier service implementation.
  • Oversight, coordination, and escalation of all circuit procurement and provisioning activities.
  • Project status reporting to reflect key areas of focus required by the client.
  • Identification of access tandems, trunk types, and size trunk connections to meet market or facility demands.
  • Access tandem interconnect evaluation.
  • Coordinate with client to ensure timely order, delivery, and provisioning of all circuit, trunk, and backhaul facilities.
  • Weekly or monthly client status reporting of all Technology Associates interconnect activities.
  • Status reporting includes updates from all pertinent interconnect providers to ensure circuit deployments are aligned with client network ready dates (NRD).
  • NRD alignment includes assurance that all construction drawings are approved and any special construction costs meet budget expectations.
  • Contingency planning and coordination will assure timely completion of NRD requirements, including deployment of temporary microwave solutions.
  • Development of and integration of project phasing with client management to ensure timely and focused deployments

Network Facilities Engineer (NFE)

The Technology Associates’ Network Facility Engineer (NFE) will work with the client switch technicians to determine the capacity needed at each facility for present and future growth. The NFE identifies T-1 and trucking capacity for each facility, and identifies all routes and Points of Presence (PoP) necessary to keep switching costs as low as possible and within budget. The NFE also conducts all channel planning and helps the Interconnect Coordinator initiate orders. Additionally, the NFE will meet with LECs and CLECs to determine entrance points and mixing locations for a facility to assure proper bandwidth efficiency across the network. The NFE tracks all information for the switch to properly manage channel facilities and assignments. The NFE designs and implements contingency plans as needed, including wireless and fixed plans to meet network launch dates. Also, the NFE coordinates weekly status reports for each facility to monitor expected T-1 install dates and track circuit installs. Technology Associates uses the latest IT technology to provide clients with a seamless upload into their management tracker through the use of SharePoint, IP-based reporting.