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Blog | Our top takeaways from Esri UC 2025

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Our top takeaways from the 2025 Esri User Conference

The 3-GIS team just spent the week with over 15,000 geospatial professionals from 130-plus countries at the 2025 Esri User Conference.1 The show brought about conversations discussing integration, fiber rollout hurdles, and the always encouraging...

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Blog | Seeing beneath our feet: Unlocking the power of NUAR and GIS

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Seeing beneath our feet: Unlocking the power of NUAR and GIS

The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) promises a potentially significant step forward for asset owners, utility providers, and network...

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Blog | How NTIA’s new permitting tool could help BEAD awardees

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How NTIA’s new permitting tool could help BEAD awardees

When the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) released its BEAD Restructuring Policy Notice in June 2025, most attention...

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Blog | Three reasons to rethink fiber outage response

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Three reasons to rethink fiber outage response

The stakes are high for fiber service providers: contracts come with strict service-level agreements (SLAs), customer expectations around reliability...

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Blog | Telecom industry pulse: June 2025 recap

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Telecom industry pulse: June 2025 recap

Network news roundup June was anything but quiet for telecom. Policy shakeups from NTIA are reshaping how $42.5 billion in BEAD funding can be used,...

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Blog | Faster fibre rollouts start with smarter infrastructure sharing

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Faster fibre rollouts start with smarter infrastructure sharing

In a world increasingly defined by speed, connectivity, and digital equity, building faster broadband infrastructure is a national and social...

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Blog | Why your BEAD build needs a GIS fiber asset management system

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Why your BEAD build needs a GIS fiber asset management system

Back in 2021, Congress allocated $42.45 billion to the NTIA to create the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program—or BEAD. This was done to...

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Blog | What I learned (and loved) at Fiber Connect 2025

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What I learned (and loved) at Fiber Connect 2025

When you think of an industry conference, it’s easy to picture a sea of vendor booths and product pitches. And while vendors do play a critical role...

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Clarity that connects: The power of real-time telecom network views

Whether rolling out networks to dense urban MDUs (multi-dwelling units) or extending the last mile to rural households, telcos are navigating a...

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Telecom industry pulse: May 2025 recap

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Telecom industry pulse: May 2025 recap

Network news roundup The past month has seen significant developments across the telecom space. Major broadband expansions into rural and...

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