The dependable field expertise that supports and sharpens
the operation of your network.

PHIBCOM validates completed work, connects and assures the quality of the optical plant, commissions your equipment and provides support — with a work report delivered.

No stake in equipment manufacturers, installers or operators

Two ways in

Depending on where you stand on the project

The work is the same — verify, commission, document. What changes is who benefits from it.

You install, you manufacture, you operate Contractors holding contracts, equipment manufacturers, data-centre operators, integrators. Your hardware is in place and it has to be validated, powered up and made reachable — without tying up a full crew for two days of work. Commissioning, troubleshooting, validation → See the batch commissioning offer →
You are paying for the work Cities, public bodies, building and infrastructure managers. You are funding a network you neither installed nor measured, and you sign final acceptance on the strength of tests run by the party that carried out the work. Audit, acceptance, expertise →

For the contractor, the manufacturer, the operator

Commissioning, validation, troubleshooting and training

The equipment arrives at the site, the contractor installs it, and no one is there to verify, power it up and document it. That is where PHIBCOM steps in — on mandate, site by site, documented.

On site

Validation of installation work

Concordance between the engineering order and the installation as built: cabinet anchoring, positioning, fibre ducts, grounding, power connection, labelling. Deviations recorded and correction requests written before power-up. Minor corrections.

On site

Optical connection and commissioning

Connector cleaning and inspection, verification of transmitted and received power levels, polarity checks before power-up, absence of failure on delivery, software version, management IP addressing and routing, console access, inter-equipment connections.
Deliverable: commissioning report per site.

On call

Troubleshooting and return to service

Equipment unreachable, out of service or degraded: physical diagnosis on site, isolation of the cause, correction or recommendation. Including on hardware installed by others, when the original contractor is no longer on the file.

On file

Reading diagrams and drawings

Network diagrams, floor plans, rack locations: concordance between the engineering file, the diagram and the installation as built. Deviation report and deficiency list, with reference to the requirement at issue.

On your premises

Training on test platforms

Training given on site, in your facilities and on your own instruments: OTDR and trace reading, chromatic dispersion and PMD, power meter and connector inspection. Test methodology, applicable thresholds, sources of handling error and interpretation of events. Technician to technician, on your links and your real cases.
Deliverable: training plan, field aide-mémoire and exercises on your equipment. No instruments to rent.

Batch commissioningSeveral sites to commission, separately from the installation contract — without tying up your installation crews.See the batch commissioning offer →

The PHIBCOM report protects the contractor as much as the owner: it documents, with evidence, that the work delivered is compliant — and it isolates what was not compliant on arrival.

What PHIBCOM does not do. PHIBCOM does not replace the installing contractor: no cable pulling, no construction, no excavation, no installation of ducts, cabinets or battery banks, no structured cabling, no work at height. The power portion is handled as verification — polarities, connection, concordance with the drawings — with no electrician's work: design and its approval rest with the engineer of record.

For the project owner

Audit, acceptance and independent expertise

The party that installs should not be the only one that verifies. PHIBCOM installs no networks and sells no equipment: the only interest at stake is yours.

Measurement

Fibre-optic audit and characterization

Bidirectional OTDR measurement campaigns, insertion loss, reflectance, connector inspection, chromatic dispersion and PMD. The real state of your plant: losses, margins, non-conformities, gaps between the drawings and the field.
Deliverable: condition report, prioritized non-conformities. Scheduled mandate — instruments are rented to fit the duration of the mandate.

Oversight

Technical representative of the project owner

Test plans, acceptance criteria, oversight of the work and independent acceptance testing before final payment.
Deliverable: compliance file and documented acceptance recommendation.

Expertise

Counter-expertise and second opinion

Review of OTDR traces, validation of the thresholds applied, detection of misread events, written opinion on whether results comply with a test plan. A second look before an acceptance, or in case of disagreement.
Deliverable: a written, defensible opinion, grounded in measurement.

Strategy

Needs analysis and technical requirements

Assessment of your services, real needs, costed options and an evolution sequence. Drafting and review of the technical requirements for the network and optical portion of your calls for tenders.
Deliverable: executable technical plans and specifications.

A simple way of working

Short, scoped mandates, sized to fit your award rules.

1 — Conversation

A first conversation at no charge

Thirty minutes to pin down the need — and to tell you honestly whether PHIBCOM is useful on this file, or not.

2 — Mandate

Scope and deliverable agreed in advance

Billing by deliverable, by site or by intervention. No billing for time spent on site.

3 — Deliverable

A report that holds up

A document that reads, recommendations that can be acted on — and your measurement data, which belongs to you, in full.

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The expertise behind PHIBCOM

PHIBCOM rests on the track record of its founder, Philippe Lamarre — expertise built in the field on large networks, now placed at the service of your interests, and yours alone.

21 years in telecommunicationsIncluding 18 years with a national operator: fibre optics, optical transport, test and measurement.
Commissioning and troubleshootingTransmission and access equipment, across a 400-kilometre territory.
Team creation and leadershipProposed, built and led a fibre characterization team — 6 analysts supporting more than 40 field technicians.
Large-scale networksOptical monitoring of a submarine deployment of more than 100 km, from the cable ship; collaboration with the EXFO teams on test phases. Independent training on EXFO and VIAVI measurement platforms.

PHIBCOM applies AI integration and data analysis to its own operations.

PHIBCOM is a registered trade name of 9572-3474 Québec inc. · NEQ 1182380502 · Listed in the Répertoire des fournisseurs du gouvernement du Québec (the Québec government supplier registry) and in SEAO · Service area: Québec City region — elsewhere in Québec by agreement · Québec (Québec), Canada
PHIBCOM was incorporated in 2026. The experience described above is that of its founder, acquired as an employee.

Let us talk about your network

A first conversation is free and without obligation.
Public bodies: PHIBCOM is listed in the Répertoire des fournisseurs du gouvernement du Québec — your invitations to tender are welcome.

philippe.lamarre@phibcom.com