Case Study: Deutsche Telekom accelerates safe fiber rollout with Swift Navigation's Skylark GNSS corrections

Deutsche Telekom Lays Fiber Quickly and Safely With Skylark GNSS Corrections

Deutsche Telekom faced significant delays and cost overruns in its mission to deploy fiber optics across Germany. The traditional process of using licensed surveyors to map trench lines was slow, often led to digging errors, and risked damaging existing underground infrastructure. To overcome this challenge, Deutsche Telekom partnered with vendor Swift Navigation and its Skylark Precise Positioning Service.

The solution integrated Swift’s Skylark service with ITS Geo’s mapping software and Emlid receivers, empowering Deutsche Telekom's own field workers to perform highly accurate mapping. This eliminated the bottleneck of waiting for external surveyors, dramatically speeding up deployment. The result was a fundamental improvement in workflow agility, worker safety, and operational efficiency, all achieved at a fraction of the cost of traditional surveying equipment and providing a rapid return on investment.

Deutsche Telekom