a2b Fiber, Vancouver, BC

a2b Fiber was founded in 2006 to provide fibre optic network planning, design, engineering and permitting services to communications service providers (CSPs) and public sector customers in Western Canada. In 2008, it became apparent that a number of factors, including increased demand for broadband services and increased competition among service providers, were driving the need for more optical fibre networks in metropolitan areas. This led a2b to direct its efforts away from providing communications consulting services to developing a private sector open access fibre optic network business model and building fibre optic networks in Metro Vancouver.