High performance fiber optic networks provider FiberLight (News - Alert), LLC, has secured a contract with one of the nation’s biggest wireless providers to build over 40 new towers in the Tampa metro area in the great state of Florida. According to FiberLight, the project includes over 50 new route miles throughout the sunny city, expanding existing infrastructure to almost 300 route miles and over 100 unique laterals when the network is complete. FiberLight said it will deliver Ethernet connectivity directly to each tower and the serving MSC (News - Alert) in Tampa.

In a statement, Michael P. Miller, CEO & founder of FiberLight said, “FiberLight has positioned itself to help wireless carriers deliver the bandwidth needed for today’s evolving network, leveraging our dense fiber to deliver high capacity diverse Ethernet connectivity. Wireless backhaul is one of the most important segments in the fiber marketplace and over the past 5 years, FiberLight has invested in ensuring we are a key participant in this growth segment.”

Miller added,  “FiberLight’s core business has always centered around building great fiber optic networks and delivering large amounts of diverse and mission critical bandwidth to our most demanding clients in a carrier neutral way. We continue that model and look towards our growth in the southeastern portion of the United States as a direct result of that steadfast, strategic focus.”

FiberLight’s networks typically reach farther within the metro area and have more fiber strands available, allowing the company to uniquely deliver custom network designs that ensure optimal performance on the network.

Over the past 12 months, the company has maintained an average core network performance exceeding 99.999 percent availability, boasting the functionality needed to deliver new network infrastructure up to and including 40 Gig transport services.