Lattice cellular tower with antennas and microwave dishes over high-desert range land at dusk

Marine Corps veteran-owned communications infrastructure

We build the networks missions run on.

Fiber, wireless, satellite and transport infrastructure, engineered, built and turned up by leaders who have fielded networks for the U.S. Army and for the nation's largest carriers.

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CAGE 25K74UEI WWV4AFDTF6G6SAM.gov ActiveSmall businessMarine Corps veteran-owned

65+

years of combined leadership in telecom deployment

$1B+

in revenue managed across deployment and construction programs

$150M

Army cellular and satellite program directed in Afghanistan

16,000+

cell sites delivered on a single nationwide program

What we build

The physical network, end to end.

We self-manage the work that has to be right in the field: wireless, satellite, fiber and transport, with the construction management to deliver it on schedule at live and access-controlled sites.

Complete wireless networks

Design, build, integration and operation of entire cellular networks: RF planning and site selection through switch, core, NOC and optimization, from 2G to 4G LTE and 5G NR.

Satellite systems

Satellite backhaul for tactical and remote cellular networks, portable satellite earth stations and VSAT for military and coalition voice and data.

Fiber optic systems

Underground and aerial fiber, SONET and redundant fiber transport, splicing, termination, optical power and loss testing, as-builts and turnover.

Microwave and transport

Microwave backhaul engineering and path analysis, DS-1/DS-3/E-1, DACS and optics turn-up, troubleshooting and documentation.

Towers, RF and DAS

Permanent and mobile towers, antennas, radios and RRHs, cell-on-wheels, neutral-host and in-building DAS, drive testing.

Critical facilities

Mobile switching centers, network operations centers, hub sites and edge data centers, including power, rectifiers, batteries and grounding.

Construction management

Site acquisition, A&E coordination, civil and electrical construction, crew scheduling, cutovers, safety and quality inspection, acceptance.

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See every capability

How we survey, plan, build, test and turn over each site.

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Proven for the Army

We have built a complete cell network in a combat zone.

Our leadership designed, built and operated the U.S. Army Expeditionary Cellular Communications Service network in Afghanistan: a $150M program covering every stage from capture through 24x7 operations.

Network engineered to match the coverage of four commercial carriers
Permanent and mobile towers on forward operating bases
Integrated cellular and satellite backhaul to Germany
In-theater 24x7 network operations center

Read the program story

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Now underway

Field support for AI-RAN and sensing at AERPAW.

ORAN Development Company (ODC) demonstrated its AI-RAN platform and integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) at the NSF AERPAW outdoor testbed in Raleigh, North Carolina, and announced a return for multi-site work this fall. Signal Strength is supporting that field deployment.

Leaders who have run 5,000- to 16,000-site programs.

From the Sprint Network Vision LTE build across seven markets to AT&T's nationwide E-911 program, our team knows how to staff, schedule and control work across dozens of locations at once.

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Where we work

Every kind of terrain.

Desert and remote ranges

Towers, power and networks at austere sites in Afghanistan and Iraq, built under OSHA and TIA tower-safety programs.

Arctic and cold regions

Years of Alaska network work: RF and network planning, SONET fiber systems, tower and broadcast sites.

East and Southeast

Regional programs across the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Central and West

Multi-state radio and antenna programs across the Plains and Mountain West, and Texas edge data center work.

Have a network to build?

Tell us about the sites, the schedule and the scope. We will tell you how we would deliver it.

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About us

Telecom builders with a soldier's standard.

Signal Strength Networks brings field-proven leadership and decades of carrier-scale delivery to the physical networks that government and industry depend on.

Our story

Built by people who have done the work.

Our President began his career in Marine Corps communications and went on to build cellular, satellite and fiber networks around the world, including a complete Army cell network in Afghanistan. Our Director of Deployment & Construction has spent more than 30 years running nationwide wireless, fiber and data center construction programs.

Together we bring the rare combination primes and network owners need: hands-on RF, switch and transport engineering alongside senior construction leadership, in one accountable team.

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How we work

What you can expect from us.

Mission first

We plan around the customer's test window, cutover or go-live date, and we hold to it.

One accountable lead

Every work package has a named leader who owns schedule, quality and reporting.

Safety without shortcuts

Tower and field safety built on OSHA and TIA standards, enforced every day on site.

Documented turnover

As-builts, test records and acceptance packages delivered complete, not chased later.

Leadership

Our leadership team.

Garrett W. Poor

President

garrett.poor@signalstrengthnetworks.com 206-294-0886

U.S. Marine Corps veteran (Desert Storm) with more than 35 years in wireless, satellite, fiber and microwave networks, from switch technician to program executive.

ManTech InternationalProgram Director, Global Communications

Directed the $150M U.S. Army ECCS program: a complete cellular and satellite network in Afghanistan, from capture and design through deployment, NOC operations and sustainment. Held a Top Secret clearance.

MLOS TowerFounder & CEO

Tower development and turnkey multi-carrier network operations serving U.S. military bases in Afghanistan.

Samsung Electronics AmericaOperations Manager

Field operations and P&L for a ~7,000-site Verizon 4G LTE / 5G NR modernization; led a multi-state radio and antenna swap program.

Wireless Facilities, Inc.VP & GM, Engineering and Technical Services

Led 150 engineers and field technicians on E-911 location, WiMAX 4G and microwave transport programs.

TruePositionSr. Manager, Switch Operations

National switch and NOC engineering for a 100+ person team across T-Mobile and AT&T networks.

RaytheonSystems Engineer, Iraq

Led the first rapid-response team for Coalition Provisional Authority communications: a 3,000-node NIPR/SIPR network, portable satellite earth stations and VSAT. Service Citation.

Earlier careerNetwork engineering

RF and network planning for Nextel Alaska, SONET fiber systems, microwave transport, Ericsson switch and cell-site builds in the U.S. and Venezuela; founder of U.S. Tower Techs.

Lewis J. Tuck

Director of Deployment & Construction

lewis.tuck@signalstrengthnetworks.com 703-338-8332

Construction and infrastructure executive with 30+ years delivering wireless, fiber and mission-critical facilities, and more than $1B in revenue managed across his career.

TelamonSenior Director, Construction Services

Led construction across data center/OSP, EV charging and wireless markets, including nationwide edge data center deployments and the launch of a 152,000 sq ft modular data center manufacturing facility.

Circet USAVice President, Wireless Services

Nationwide wireless delivery with $315M+ in revenue: new builds, civil and electrical, in-building DAS, fiber and transport. Built in-house tower, civil and fiber crews.

Samsung Electronics AmericaEast Region Director

Seven markets from Chicago to Puerto Rico on the Sprint Network Vision LTE program, 5,000+ sites.

Nexius SolutionsVice President of Deployment

Won and delivered a $59M+ turnkey LTE program in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with a ~70-person team.

Wireless Facilities, Inc.National Program Director / VP, East Region

AT&T E-911 Phase II across 16,000+ cell sites over five years, $110M+ program value, 150+ person team.

Earlier careerInternational and switch-facility builds

WMATA neutral-host DAS across 150+ miles of transit; GSM network in Taiwan (900+ BTS in 12 months); CDMA network in Mexico; switch-center construction for VoiceStream and Omnipoint.

Program experience shown reflects work our leadership performed, including at prior employers.

Have a network to build?

Tell us about the sites, the schedule and the scope. We will tell you how we would deliver it.

Contact our team

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Capabilities

Fiber, wireless, satellite and transport, delivered.

Seven disciplines, one team. We take on defined work packages and own them from survey to signed acceptance.

Complete wireless networks

Design, build, integration and operation of entire cellular networks: RF planning and site selection through switch, core, NOC and optimization, from 2G to 4G LTE and 5G NR.

RF design, propagation and site selection
Radio access, switch and core integration
Network operations center stand-up
Drive testing and optimization

Satellite systems

Satellite backhaul for tactical and remote cellular networks, portable satellite earth stations and VSAT for military and coalition voice and data.

Satellite backhaul for remote and tactical cellular sites
Portable earth stations and VSAT
Hybrid fiber, cellular and satellite resilience

Fiber optic systems

Underground and aerial fiber, SONET and redundant fiber transport, splicing, termination, optical power and loss testing, as-builts and turnover.

Underground and aerial placement crews
Splicing, termination and optical testing
SONET and redundant fiber transport
As-builts and turnover records

Microwave and transport

Microwave backhaul engineering and path analysis, DS-1/DS-3/E-1, DACS and optics turn-up, troubleshooting and documentation.

Microwave path analysis and commissioning
DS-1/DS-3/E-1 and DACS
SFP and optics turn-up
Transport troubleshooting

Towers, RF and DAS

Permanent and mobile towers, antennas, radios and RRHs, cell-on-wheels, neutral-host and in-building DAS, drive testing.

Permanent and mobile towers
Antennas, radios and RRHs
Cell-on-wheels deployments
Neutral-host and in-building DAS

Critical facilities

Mobile switching centers, network operations centers, hub sites and edge data centers, including power, rectifiers, batteries and grounding.

Mobile switching and operations centers
Hub sites and edge data centers
Power, rectifiers, batteries and grounding

Construction management

Site acquisition, A&E coordination, civil and electrical construction, crew scheduling, cutovers, safety and quality inspection, acceptance.

Site acquisition and A&E coordination
Civil and electrical construction
Crew scheduling, MOPs and cutovers
Safety, quality and acceptance

Program controls

The discipline that keeps multi-site work on track.

Integrated schedules and crew models
Daily field and safety reporting
Budget, P&L and change control
Single point of contact to the prime

Delivery approach

How we deliver every site.

Survey

Walk the route and site; confirm power, access, topography and environmental limits.

Plan

Site-specific build plan, bill of materials, crew model, schedule and MOPs.

Build

Fiber, towers, radios and transport installed by supervised crews under daily safety oversight.

Test

Optical, RF and transport testing with witness support; punch list closed.

Turn over

As-builts, test records and acceptance package delivered for customer sign-off.

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Mission-critical environments

Ready for test ranges, installations and remote sites.

Government test ranges and installations need fiber backbones, wireless coverage and resilient transport built to work in extreme heat and cold, with access control on every site. That is the kind of work our leadership has done for the Army and for coalition forces.

Role-by-role base access and clearance planning
ITAR/EAR-aware equipment logistics
Daily progress and issue reporting to the prime
Experience with DoD program reporting and P&L control

Need a defined package delivered?

Fiber, wireless coverage, transport, site readiness or construction management: tell us the scope and we will show you the plan.

Contact our team

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Projects

Programs our leadership has delivered.

From combat-zone cellular networks to nationwide carrier builds, here is a selection of the work behind our team.

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Current project

AI-RAN and ISAC field deployment at AERPAW

On July 30, 2026, ORAN Development Company (ODC) demonstrated its AI-RAN platform and integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) at the NSF AERPAW Lake Wheeler outdoor testbed in Raleigh, North Carolina. A single radio unit and waveform carried communications and sensing at the same time, and the network detected an AERPAW drone entering coverage. ODC reported meeting all 37 key performance indicators across nine use cases.

ODC announced plans to return this fall for more advanced features across multiple AERPAW sites. Signal Strength is supporting that field deployment.

Source: PAWR, "ODC Demonstrates AI-RAN and ISAC at AERPAW"

Flagship program

U.S. Army ECCS: a complete cell network in Afghanistan.

Our leadership designed, built and operated a full cellular and satellite network for U.S. forces on forward operating bases: a $150M program, owned from capture through sustainment.

Capture and awardRFP author and capture lead on the winning $68M award; grew to a $150M program.

Engineering and designRequirements, network design matched to four commercial carriers, cost and schedule.

Radio network and towersFull cellular network on permanent and mobile towers across forward operating bases.

Satellite connectivityIntegrated cellular-satellite architecture with backhaul from theater to Germany.

Outside plant and powerTower construction, cabling, power and grounding at austere, access-restricted sites.

Network operations24x7 in-theater NOC with service KPIs, change management and sustainment.

Supply chain and complianceSubcontracting, procurement and logistics; ITAR/EAR-compliant equipment movement.

Program controlFull P&L, monthly performance reporting, primary executive interface to the Army.

Signature programs

Scale our team has delivered.

Wireless

5,000+ sites

Sprint Network Vision LTE

Seven markets from Chicago to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands: site acquisition, construction, RF, backhaul, commissioning and integration.

Wireless

16,000+ sites

AT&T E-911 Phase II

Nationwide equipment deployment and accuracy testing over five years; $110M+ program with a 150+ person team.

Wireless

~7,000 sites

Verizon 4G/5G modernization

Field operations and P&L for a multi-year LTE and 5G NR modernization with a 60+ person organization.

Construction

$315M+

Nationwide wireless services

Macro modifications, new builds, civil and electrical construction, DAS, fiber and transport for Tier 1 carriers.

Wireless

$59M+

Puerto Rico / USVI LTE turnkey

Turnkey LTE program won and delivered end to end, with a local office, warehouse and ~70-person team.

Facilities

152,000 sq ft

Edge data centers

Nationwide modular edge data center deployments and the launch of a modular data center manufacturing facility.

Defense

3,000 nodes

Coalition Provisional Authority, Iraq

NIPR/SIPR network, portable satellite earth stations and VSAT supporting coalition voice and data.

DAS

150+ miles

WMATA neutral-host DAS

Transit-tunnel DAS for four carriers, including seven base-station hub facilities.

International

900+ BTS

FarEasTone GSM, Taiwan

Four switching centers, 11 controllers and 900+ base stations delivered within 12 months.

Program experience shown reflects work our leadership performed, including at prior employers.

Have a network to build?

Tell us about the sites, the schedule and the scope. We will tell you how we would deliver it.

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Federal

A ready subcontractor for federal network programs.

We support prime contractors on Army and federal infrastructure work with defined, accountable work packages and veteran-owned subcontracting value.

Company data

Registered and ready to onboard.

Primes can verify our registration in SAM.gov and request our capability statement for any pursuit.

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Legal name: Signal Strength Networks LLC
UEI: WWV4AFDTF6G6
CAGE: 25K74
SAM.gov: Active
Classification: Marine Corps veteran-owned small business; SBA VetCert application submitted (October 2026)
NAICS: 238210, 541330, 541611, 541990
Point of contact: Garrett Poor, President
garrett.poor@signalstrengthnetworks.com

For prime contractors

What we bring to your team.

Veteran subcontracting value

Once SBA VetCert certification is approved, subcontract spend with Signal Strength can be reported toward veteran-owned subcontracting goals.

Army program experience

Our leadership has built and operated an Army cellular and satellite network and supported coalition communications in Iraq.

Defined work packages

Fiber, wireless coverage, data transport, site readiness and construction management, each with a named lead.

Access and compliance planning

Role-by-role base access and clearance planning, safety programs, and ITAR/EAR-aware equipment logistics.

Typical packages

Work we take on under a prime.

Fiber backbone and revitalization

Underground and aerial placement, splicing, testing and as-builts.

Wireless coverage

RF surveys, towers, radios, mobile towers, drive testing and optimization.

Data transport

Fiber, microwave and satellite backhaul with documented turn-up.

Site readiness

Surveys for access, power, grounding, topography and environment.

Construction management

Field supervision, scheduling, safety, quality and acceptance support.

Network modernization

Equipment swaps and upgrades across multiple sites under one schedule.

Building a federal team?

Send us the scope, locations and schedule. We will respond with how Signal Strength would deliver it.

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