Huntington Beach, Calif. Hires Magellan Advisors for Fiber Master Plan

DENVER, CO — The city of Huntington Beach, Calif., has engaged Magellan Advisors to assist the city in implementing a fiber master plan and to develop a Wireless Strategic Plan. Magellan’s California team of Senior Consultants are leading the efforts to develop a plan that will give the city the tools it needs for developing policy and best practice for broadband fiber and wireless development and management.

Wired and wireless broadband is the critical infrastructure for the global digital economy, and the city of Huntington Beach understands the need for this infrastructure for municipal operations and economic growth. The city will also leverage its underground and vertical assets to create innovation through smart city initiatives for supporting public safety, intelligent transportation, health and education.

Magellan is providing guidance in organizational development for implementing broadband fiber and wireless infrastructures, policy and partnership development, managing goals and objectives for fiber master planning, negotiating fiber and wireless agreements and developing strategies for leveraging newly acquired SCE light poles for leasing and implementation of a dark fiber infrastructure. Magellan is assisting in the development of right of way management and wireless ordinance. Request for Proposals are being developed and contracts will be negotiated for leasing vertical pole assets and dark fiber for deployment of LTE 5G wireless technologies.