How to Choose the Best Wireless Network Installation Services

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What traits should I look for in a wireless IT service provider?

In today’s world of complex and IoT technology, a secure and stable network connection is paramount when it comes to running a business. But, how do you know your businesses coverage area needs or the number of wireless access points required to achieve your desired connectivity? You may find your staff wondering how to choose the best wireless network installation services. This is where wireless IT service providers come in.

Selecting wireless network installation services for your business can be overwhelming with the volume of provider options available. Luckily, our network installation gurus have compiled a guide to help you through the vendor selection process.

Here are our top 5 traits to look for in a network installation provider:

1. Cost Effectiveness

It is crucial to find a vendor that is flexible enough to supply installation hardware at a cost-effective rate and who can work within your budget. A provider that has long-standing partnerships with hardware vendors such as Hubbell and Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) ensures competitive pricing. It is important to meet the demands of bandwidth-hungry applications with cost-effective data center solutions.

2. Certifications

It can be taxing to locate a provider that has all of its services under one certified, experienced umbrella. Look for installation technician vendors certified in cabling and terminations (ethernet or fiber), installing wireless access point hardware, main distribution facility (MDF) and intermediate distribution facilities (IDF) infrastructures, and potentially a vendor to do configurations and post-validation testing. For example, Network Zen gurus have training such as the OmniAccess Stellar WLAN ACPS Certification from Alcatel-Lucent – a major international network hardware manufacturer.

3. Knowledge of Wireless Design

It is important for a provider to design your wireless network setup to fit your needs, whether that is a large, warehouse-like space with coverage-based needs or a high density, capacity-based location, such as a school or hospital.

Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess Stellar WLAN solutions are based on Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 technologies. Similar network setups are built and designed using an innovative distributed intelligence architecture to make the Wi-Fi network smarter, more resilient and less demanding to configure and deploy.

4. Ability to Supply Network Hardware

Existing and strong relationships with reliable network hardware vendors, including cabling and access points, takes the burden off you to shop around on your own. The ideal provider would already have those relationships established and comparative pricing ready to go. Additionally, with the current supply chain climate, flexibility is vital in identifying multiple hardware options based on your timeline and regarding device availability.

Network Zen possesses these strong and healthy relationships with several wireless installation technology vendors like ALE and Hubbell. See our latest project in collaboration with Hubbell pictured below.

5. Timely, Clean & Efficient

Make sure to check out reviews and testimonials for a potential provider. You want to see clean, organized cabling that will be easy to maintain like the image shown. If they are unwilling to show you examples of their finalized work, this may be a reason to take pause. They should work to understand your business needs and take responsibility to ensure high efficiency and timely improvement of your IT environment and processes

Network Zen encompasses the qualities to create and implement a wireless network installation. With a proven track record, 10 years of experience as a company, all of the proper certifications, and ability to travel to you, you’ll trust you are in the right hands.