What Urban Telecommunications does

Urban City Telecom (doing business as Urban Telecommunications) is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE/DBE) professional communications contractor founded in 1992 and headquartered in Nanuet, New York, with a secondary office in Southern Florida. The firm specializes in low voltage cabling infrastructure — voice and data cabling, fiber optics, structured cabling, and CCTV/IP camera systems — delivered through its internal Urban Solutions Center group of telecom and data professionals. Service delivery is direct and on-site: the company's own field technicians perform installation, maintenance, and CPE-related solutions for voice-data problems, supported by site surveys and project management.

The customer base spans a broad mix of size tiers and verticals, including small and large businesses, Fortune 500 companies, midsize Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), and real estate developers. Named verticals include hospitality, public transportation, government, retail chains, inmate facilities, large medical facilities, and airports. The firm is MBE/DBE certified and holds TWIC, CWA, SWAC, and OSHA credentials, which position it for regulated and unionized project work. Geographically, services extend across the New York Tri-State area, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Southern Florida — effectively a regional footprint anchored by a 45-mile radius around New York City plus a Florida beachhead.

The business model is a mix of one-time project-based professional services (new installations, upgrades) and ongoing maintenance/CPE managed services. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct, with a free-estimate demand-generation offer and minimal digital marketing footprint (company website and Facebook). Pricing is not publicly disclosed. No funding rounds, no M&A activity, and no revenue figures have been disclosed, and the company's marketing and technology footprint indicate a traditional, labor-intensive trade services operation rather than a technology-enabled platform.

Name

Urban Telecommunications

Legal name

Urban City Telecom

Website

https://urbantel.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Urban City Telecom is an MBE/DBE-certified low voltage cabling contractor founded in 1992, installing voice/data, fiber optic, structured cabling, and CCTV systems for Fortune 500 firms, SMBs, CLECs, and government entities across the New York Tri-State, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Southern Florida.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Telecommunications Cabling Services

NAICS

Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors (23821)

SIC

Electrical Work (1731)

akta.pro primary industry

Small Cell & DAS Deployment (Pole/Street Furniture, In-Building DAS) (IMAFAIAE)

Keywords

• Low voltage cabling
• Voice data cabling
• Structured cabling services
• Fiber optic installation
• CCTV camera installation

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Installation Services: One-time professional installation services for voice and data cabling, fiber optics, structured cabling, and CCTV/IP camera systems. Revenue generated through project-based contracts for new installations and infrastructure upgrades.
2. Maintenance & Support Services: Ongoing maintenance and CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) related solutions for all voice-data problems. The Urban Solutions Center group provides site surveys and regular team meetings to ensure quality and project success.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Urban Telecommunications (doing business as Urban City Telecom) is a professional communications contractor that installs, maintains, and certifies low voltage cabling infrastructure for commercial and institutional customers. Core services include voice and data cabling, fiber optic installation, structured cabling, and CCTV/IP camera systems, delivered through its Urban Solutions Center group of trained technicians.

Product overview

Urban Telecommunications (Urban City Telecom) is a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) communications contractor offering a portfolio of low voltage cabling and infrastructure services. The core offerings include Voice & Data Cabling, Fiber Optics, Structured Cabling, and CCTV/IP Camera systems. These services are delivered through the Urban Solutions Center, a team of experienced telecommunications professionals that provides site surveys, installation, maintenance, and CPE solutions. The company serves industries including hospitality, public transportation, government, retail chains, healthcare facilities, and airports across the New York Tri-State area, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and South Florida.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Voice & Data Cabling Professional installation and maintenance of voice and data network cabling infrastructure for commercial facilities, enabling reliable network connectivity and on-premise communication systems.
• Fiber Optics Fiber optic cabling installation for new and existing locations, providing high-speed data transmission infrastructure for enterprise and commercial customers.
• Structured Cabling Comprehensive structured cabling solutions covering design, installation, and certification of cabling infrastructure that integrates voice, data, and video communications across a facility.
• CCTV/IP Cameras Installation and integration of CCTV and IP-based camera surveillance systems for security monitoring applications in commercial and institutional facilities.
• Urban Solutions Center A dedicated group of experienced telecommunications and data professionals providing site surveys, project management, installation, maintenance, and CPE-related solutions for voice and data problems.

Quantifiable outcome

• Projects completed on schedule with quality assurance through site surveys and regular team meetings
• +1 more outcomes

Segments11 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Communication Technology Services (CTS): Specializes in in-building wireless solutions including DAS, small cell, structured cabling, and security systems. Highly comparable to Urban Telecommunications' in-building cabling and infrastructure work for enterprise, healthcare, and government clients.
• IES Communications: Subsidiary of IES Holdings providing low-voltage structured cabling, audio-visual, and security systems integration for commercial enterprises. Closely comparable to Urban Telecommunications in core service scope and customer base, though operating at significantly larger scale nationally.
• Faith Technologies: Electrical and specialty contracting firm with a dedicated technology services group delivering structured cabling, network infrastructure, and security systems. Directly comparable service portfolio, customer mix, and project-based commercial installation model.
• Black Box Corporation: Provider of communications and IT infrastructure services including structured cabling, network integration, and AV. Highly comparable in delivering voice, data, and video infrastructure solutions to commercial enterprises, though with broader national footprint.
• Convergint Technologies: Global security, fire alarm, and communications systems integrator delivering structured cabling, AV, and network infrastructure to enterprise and government customers. Comparable in core service lines and Fortune 500/government customer focus, though substantially larger in scale.

Broad incumbents

• Henkels & McCoy: Large infrastructure construction firm offering telecom build, fiber deployment, and utility construction. Operates in overlapping telecom infrastructure construction space though at much larger scale and broader geographic scope than Urban Telecommunications.
• MasTec: Public engineering and infrastructure services company with dedicated communications segment covering fiber, wireless, and enterprise network deployments. Larger incumbent in adjacent telecom infrastructure construction space; competes for portions of the same enterprise and carrier projects.
• Quanta Services: Public utility and infrastructure services provider whose communications business covers fiber-to-the-premises, wireless, and enterprise network construction. Much larger established player in telecom infrastructure construction with overlapping end-customer relationships.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/urbancitytelecom

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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