Custom software for FttH connection orders
Appfront builds software for contractors and network builders who lay fibre connections: the connection order per address received from the network owner, the steps from digging and feeding through to blowing, splicing and measuring scheduled across the crews, per address the measurements, photos and any remaining issues, and the handover and invoicing per connection to the client. So the client can see the status of each address and no connection gets stuck between two crews.
What is software for FttH connection orders?
A fibre connection is a series of steps carried out by different crews: the digging crew lays the duct to the facade, the feeding crew brings it inside, the blowing crew blows the fibre, the splicer joins both ends and the tester measures the link. The connection order per address follows all those steps. Connection order software tracks per address which step is complete, schedules the next crew, and delivers the measurements the client asks for.
Without such software, orders sit in the client's portal, the schedule lives in a spreadsheet per crew, and the measurements are in the testing equipment. An address where the digging crew is finished waits for the blowing crew without anyone noticing. A measurement that fails only surfaces at handover. And a client who wants to know the status per address gets an export that is outdated by the next day.
We build custom software because the work has to match your clients and crews: how network owners issue jobs and what data they ask for at handover, how your crews are organised, which measuring equipment you use and what it exports, and how you invoice per connection. A client's portal knows its own data; it does not know your schedule or your crews.
Order per address
Connection jobs from the client's portal or files, with the survey report attached, per address in one overview.
Signed off step by step
Digging, feeding, blowing, splicing and testing signed off per address by the crew, with photos and measurements, so the next crew can proceed.
Handover and invoice
Per address, the handover file the client asks for, and the invoice per connection as soon as the handover is accepted.
How we build your software for FttH connection jobs
We start with a live project: how many addresses, how many crews, and how many connections stood idle between two steps without anyone noticing.
How clients submit jobs, which stages and crews are involved, which measuring equipment you use, and what is required at handover.
Importing jobs per address, the link to the survey report, and an overview per project and area.
Scheduling stages across crews, mobile sign-off with photos and measurements, and outstanding items and rectification.
The handover file per address, the status for the client, invoicing per connection, and ongoing maintenance.
What software for FttH connection jobs actually does
The components below come up in almost every contractor's fibre roll-out. Which ones you need depends on your clients and on how you work today.
Job intake
Jobs per address from the client's portal or files, with connection type, survey data and deadline.
Stage planning
Digging, ducting, blowing, splicing and testing per address, scheduled across crews, with an alert when an address sits too long between two stages.
Sign-off per stage
The crew signs off each address with photos, notes and a signature where needed, even without signal.
Measurement values
Measurements per connection from the measuring equipment, checked against the client's limits, with a signal when a result fails.
Outstanding items and rectification
Paving that needs reinstating, a failed measurement, a resident who wasn't home: logged as an outstanding item with an owner until it is resolved.
Handover and status
The handover file per address, the status for the client, and invoicing per accepted connection.
Who we build software for FttH connection jobs for
The software is intended for contractors whose jobs, crews and measurements currently sit in separate systems.
Contractors in fibre roll-out
Thousands of addresses per project with several crews. Stage planning and handover are the core.
Subcontractors per stage
A digging or splicing firm that carries out one stage for a main contractor. Sign-off with photos and measurements matters most.
Network builders
Their own network and their own execution. Status per address and outstanding items are what they need.
Telecom companies for business clients
Connections with special requirements and shorter deadlines. The job per client and the handover are the core.
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This page covers the connection order from order to completion. For the survey at the home beforehand, see our page on an app for the survey report; for the fibre network itself, our page on fibre software; and for telecoms in general, our page on custom telecoms software. You can read about our approach at building software.
Why Appfront for your software for FttH connection jobs?
A connection is only finished once it has been handed over and accepted. We build on that: every step per address visible, measurements checked immediately, and a handover that is right the first time.
No address lost between crews
For each address you can see which stage is complete and which crew is up next. An address that has been stuck too long stands out.
Rejection before handover
Measurements are checked at sign-off. A measurement that does not meet the standard is rectified before the client sees it.
Invoicing per connection
An accepted handover goes straight to invoicing. No more connections that have been completed but not billed.
Security and privacy in software for FttH connection jobs
The software holds addresses, resident details, photos and measurement values. Access is set up by role: the crew sees its own addresses, the planner sees the project, and the client sees only its own orders. Every sign-off and change is logged with name and time.
The software runs in a European data centre, with encrypted storage and daily back-ups. Integrations with client portals use their own keys, which can be revoked per client.
Frequently asked questions about software for FttH connection jobs
Questions contractors ask before getting started.
It imports connection jobs per address, plans the steps from digging to measuring across the crews, has crews sign off each step with photos and measurements, tracks snagging, produces the handover file per address and prepares the invoice per connection.
The survey is the visit before the connection, where the route and location are agreed. The connection job is everything after that, up to the point the link has been measured and handed over. The survey report goes with the job to the crews.
If the portal offers an integration or export, yes. Otherwise job files are imported. For each client we check in the first step what is possible.
Taken from the measuring equipment's export and linked to the address for each connection. The software checks them against the client's limits and flags rejections immediately.
Yes. The day's addresses are on the crew's phone or tablet, and sign-offs with photos are sent as soon as there is signal.
Yes, in a portal or via an integration with his system. He can see per address which step is complete and when the handover was done.
Check this first. Network owners' portals display their orders and receive handovers, and that is enough if you work for one client with one crew. Custom development makes sense if you work for several clients, if several crews need to be scheduled per address, or if measurement values and snagging items are currently tracked separately.
No more connection left stalled between two crews?
Tell us which clients you work for, how many crews and addresses you have, and how orders currently come in. We'll show you what the order per address, the schedule and the handover look like.