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Newark ATC Failure Highlights Need for Copper Infrastructure Modernization
05/14/2025
The recent air traffic control failure at Newark Airport serves as yet another reminder of the operational risks tied to outdated copper-based systems. These failures—now making national headlines—underscore the urgency for organizations to modernize mission-critical communications infrastructure.
TC Communications* offers several solutions to help organizations in aviation, public safety, defense, and other industries migrate their critical communications systems away from aging copper wires and onto safer and more reliable fiber-based networks.
This Case Study illustrates how TC solved numerous connectivity and communication issues for an airfield by migrating its entire communications system from deteriorating copper to a fiber network.
Organizations facing similar challenges or relying on degrading copper wires can take action to future-proof their critical communications networks by contacting TC Communications today for a migration solution.
*TC Communications is a member of the Ground-Based Aviation Infrastructure Coalition (GBAIC), which seeks to effect the rapid modernization of the FAA's aging NAVAID systems and infrastructure.