Deliver of Dark Fiber :
The Lumen project experienced by our team members

Our team members share their experience of the Lumen project, which required the pulling of 300 km of CELESTE optic fiber between Lyon and St-Julien-en-Genevois. This project allowed us to extend our optic fiber network and to offer a new eligibility to businesses located in the Alp regions.

The dimensions of a cable pulling project of 300 km of fiber

The testimonials of our teams were done in 3 parts, in order to present you the different aspects of the Lumen project. In previous videos, we told you about the role of the teams within the CELESTE Fibre unit or the investments that were essential to deliver Dark Optical Fiber (FON) to our client. In this 3rd part, we explore the human dimension of this project throughout the testimony of our team members

« Challenge, Investment, Engagement, Interesting, Interaction »

Our teams have provided hard work to meet the specific needs of our customer Lumen. For some: An unprecedented scenario, for others a major challenge to be met in order to deliver dark fiber on time, despite the health crisis.

Discover their experience of the project :

« What i really liked about this project was the interaction with the client. It was a very rich experience. »

Jhensy Vally – Designer 

« It was an interesting project because we had never had this scenario. Our customer wanted to have his own splicing box. We had to pull cables between the CELESTE splicing box and the Lumen splicing box. It was a great challenge and a very interesting project professionally and humanly. »

Mohamed Charfeddine – Construction manager

Pulling of CELESTE optic fiber in the Alps : The Lumen project in 3 testimonial videos

Success Story Lumen Project – Part 1

Did you know that we have our own engineering unit ? Our team has drawn up the routes of our own optic fiber network for deployment in the Alps. In this first part our experts from the CELESTE Fibre unit tell you more about the important stages of the project.

See the 1st part of the Lumen project

Success Story Lumen Project – Part 2

In order to carry out the pulling of the 300 km of CELESTE optical fiber between Lyon and St-Julien-en-Genevois, investments were necessary. In this second part, our team members share with you the insights of this important project, both in terms of equipment and self performance.

See the 2nd part of the Lumen project 

⇒ FR version of the article

About CELESTE:

CELESTE is a telecom operator for businesses in France, specialised in optical fiber and innovative and eco-friendly network solutions. Created in 2001, the company provides Internet Access, sites interconnexion and telephony services to SMEs, large firms as well as public institutions. The telecom operator serves more than 16 000 clients’ sites. CELESTE has ownership of its national network of more than 10 000 km of optical fiber deployed in France and provides data hosting and cloud solutions within its datacenters Marilyn and Fil d’Ariane. The telecom operator is also present in Switzerland through its subsidiary company VTX Telecom.

More information: www.celeste.fr