Learn about fiber optic networking

We are here to get you up to speed with new developments in the fiber network planning and management world.  3-GIS webinars allow you to learn about fiber optic networking, explore product and service specific content, or join the discussion on major fiber network industry trends.

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Stop wasting duct space: Turning buried assets into build-ready paths
July 2025

Streamline your duct workflows in 3-GIS | Web with practical tips for visualizing and managing available duct space, planning underground builds more efficiently, and making smarter leasing decisions.

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Before the trouble ticket: How Windstream Wholesale automates fiber fault localization
June 2025

When every second counts, fiber operators can’t afford delays in detecting and resolving faults. In this on-demand session, experts from Windstream Wholesale, VIAVI, and 3-GIS share how real-time monitoring and GIS are transforming fiber outage response.

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Real-time network diagramming: Added clarity for complex builds
May 2025

Outdated, static network diagrams can slow down builds and cause miscommunication. In this on-demand session we show how real-time diagramming solves this by instantly generating and updating accurate, shareable visuals to keep teams aligned and projects moving.

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A smarter approach to managing change in live networks
Apr 2025

Managing change in a live network isn’t easy—but it just got smarter. Catch a first look at Planned Connections, a new capability in 3-GIS | Web that helps teams gain visibility into both planned and active network states—without disrupting operations.

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Why fiber providers lose deals—and how to stop it
Mar 2025

Slow, inaccurate fiber proposals can cost businesses valuable deals. This session explores how GIS solutions enhance speed and precision, giving providers a competitive edge. Discover how intelligent GIS identifies opportunities, optimizes resources, and drives conversions.

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Chasing features or building foundations? The key to network scalability
Feb 2025

A robust physical network inventory (PNI) solution isn’t just about features—it must handle millions of assets, connections, and updates daily. If your system struggles with scale today, what happens when your network doubles or triples? In this session we explore key strategies for building a solid PNI foundation without compromising long-term efficiency.

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5 tips for optimizing fiber project execution and oversight
Dec 2024

Delivering more fiber with fewer resources while staying agile and aligned is no easy task. In this on-demand session, presenters cover ways 3-GIS | Web empowers teams to overcome these obstacles with smarter project management strategies.
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Dude, where's my fibre? Navigating network asset management
Nov 2024

Efficient management of fibre network assets is essential for optimal service delivery, cost reduction, and enhanced customer satisfaction. In this on-demand session we explore how GIS-based network management systems empower telecom operators to visualise, locate, and manage complex infrastructure in real time.

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Lighting the path to over 1 million homes: Lumos' fiber scaling strategy 
Oct 2024

Service providers face increasing pressure to rapidly expand connectivity. This challenge requires both technical innovation and streamlined operations. To remain competitive, operators must balance speed with service quality, delivering reliable, high-speed connectivity at scale.

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A digital transformation journey: Harnessing 3-GIS for advanced telecom network management 
Oct 2024

Legacy systems often lack the flexibility, scalability, and real-time capabilities needed to handle the increasing complexity of telecom networks today, therefore migration to a modern platform is essential.

During this on demand session Oman Broadband showcases their journey of switching to 3-GIS and the transformative results that followed.

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Modeling Connectivity in 3-GIS | Web - Making the logical network logical
Sept 2024

Understanding the logical network is essential for maximizing use of existing infrastructure, planning network expansions, and conducting ongoing network maintenance.

Watch this on demand session to see tips and tricks for streamlining network connectivity modeling.

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Unlocking GIS data to combat the telecom skills challenge 
Jun 2024

If you’re struggling to keep up with balancing the requirements of managing your network operations with limited resources, you're not alone. The good news is that comprehensive GIS-based solutions are here to help. 

In this on demand webinar, we explore how GIS data is being utilised within the telecom sector to address headcount depletion and optimise network management. 

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Leveraging AI and automation to streamline data collection & management
Jun 2024

Handling vast amounts of data is a daunting task for any telecom network operator, whether you're deploying new fiber networks or maintaining existing ones. During this on demand webinar, we explore three major data challenges facing the industry and ways to overcome them.
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Tools and techniques for rapid fault resolution
Apr 2024

Consistent, efficient, and replicable troubleshooting procedures are essential to maintaining customer satisfaction, optimizing resource allocation, and reducing costs associated with outages. Learn how 3-GIS tools can be used to troubleshoot outages both from the office and the field.

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Are you using your GIS to the fullest?
Mar 2024

GIS and the spatial insights provided have become crucial to network deployment and ongoing maintenance. During this webinar, we will explore advancements in GIS that continue to facilitate easier data maintenance and ways to use GIS to create a more comprehensive network model.
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Optimizing your fiber network: 5 essential elements
Feb 2024

During this on demand session, presenters from Esri and 3-GIS explore how asset management systems optimized for fiber are transforming how telcos run their businesses and the key considerations for implementing one.

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Transforming fieldwork: The AI advantage in network data collection
Jan 2024

Learn more about the AI-powered app SSP Vision. SSP Vision uses computer vision, machine learning, and augmented reality to automatically capture detailed network asset data in the field, enhancing accuracy and efficiency.
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Strategic reporting: Steering projects to success and keeping stakeholders in the loop
Dec 2023

Discover how reports can inform project stakeholders, be used throughout the network lifecycle, and be customized for specific project workflows. Watch this on demand webinar for tips to enhance your reporting strategy and resource allocation.
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Bridging the gap: Unifying systems and data for network management
Nov 2023

Data dissemination is just one of many reasons enterprises connect systems and platforms. Watch to on demand webinar to learn more about interconnectivity and ways telcos are using it to promote efficient network management.
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Streamlined & standardized data output: An introduction to 3-GIS | Diagramming
Oct 2023

3-GIS | Diagramming, an extension of 3-GIS | Web, provides enterprises with the tools needed to create dynamic, data-driven diagrams. Watch this webinar on demand to learn how you can better utilize your data to satisfy stakeholder needs.
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Migrating to a modern platform
Sept 2023

Do you have concerns about moving to a new network management system? Are you wondering why you should migrate or what you need to consider? During this webinar we address the challenges and opportunities of migrating to a modern GIS system and why action needs to be taken now to ensure your success.
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The value of GIS in telecom: What, why, and how of enterprise GIS
July 2023

This webinar is the fourth and final installment of our Value of GIS webinar series. During this webinar we dive into enterprise GIS and the far-reaching benefits.
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3-GISpresso Session 2: Streamline field work and enable your contractors
June 2023

During this on demand webinar, we discuss the significant challenges facing field teams while designing, building, and restoring fibre networks including the ability to keep system records accurate and provide critical information in real time.
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3-GISpresso Session 1: Speed up your network planning with 3-GIS
May 2023

When it comes to your fibre projects, make sure your planning and engineering processes can support the velocity of your network buildout without compromising quality.

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From digitizing to digging: 3 ways to overcome roadblocks in fiber permitting and construction
Nov 2022

During this webinar, the presenters discuss the pressures engineering and construction teams face and the solutions that can help.
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The value of GIS in telecom: Applying analytics
Nov 2022

This 3rd installation of our Value of GIS series covers how service providers of all sizes can use spatial analytics to elevate their businesses. Learn how GIS data can drive your fiber business in the right direction.
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The value of GIS in telecom: End-to-end processes in a mobile tool
Sept 2022

In a digitized world, mobile apps are an essential part of any field workflow. However, implementing seamless, widespread processes can prove challenging. This on demand webinar we discuss the evolving world of field applications.
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Driving growth and customer retention with NextGen network management
Sept 2022

In this session, 3-GIS joins Esri and the Fiber Broadband Association to share how a comprehensive network management system built upon GIS can help CSPs.
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The value of GIS in telecom: Where to build and how to plan it
July 2022

This session, Where to build and how to plan it, will be the first of a four-part webinar series highlighting the value of including supplemental GIS data throughout fiber deployment.
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3 keys to increase speed in fiber engineering and construction
May 2022

This one-hour on-demand webinar explores the importance of modernizing fiber design and engineering processes that any organization can adopt to promote greater efficiency,
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Onboarding: 4 ways to be more efficient at being self-sufficient
April 2022

We all need a little help getting started now and then. This webinar explores why vendor onboarding is so important and the value onboarding can bring to your organization.
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How to use outside plant data to maximize operational efficiency
February 2022

As the demand for broadband services increases, communications service providers (CSPs) across the globe continue to develop strategies to optimize operations by using their outside plant data to inform their OSS/BSS solutions.

The presenters discuss points such as how CSPs are modernizing processes and how outside plant data can feed business operations.
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The fundamental need for ease of use
January 2022

The increasing complexity of fiber networks makes it imperative that network management systems step up to the challenge. However, simply seeing a job to completion is not enough. Applications and processes must not only provide the necessary tools but must do so without burdening the end user. In this fast paced market, keeping good data is crucial. The easier the data capture process, the greater the chance for user acceptance.
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Using 3-GIS for the life of the network
December 2021

As you strategize for 2022, take some time to reassess your workflows and consider ways your network management system can better serve your organization.

Watch this webinar to learn how to adopt 3-GIS tools to ensure your network management strategies can keep up with advances in fiber technology.
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Keep your construction progress moving
November 2021

We’re all aware of how complex, costly, and time-consuming fiber construction can be. From unexpected environmental factors to upholding service requirements, keeping track of the nuances of your construction projects is imperative to your project success.

Watch this webinar to learn how to adopt 3-GIS tools to keep up with the status of your fiber network buildout while simultaneously updating your as-built records.

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The keys to building an online community and why it matters to your retention strategies
June 2021

Find out how to reduce your churn and delight your customers by giving them a voice. Learn about the importance of online user communities, the impact 2020 had on online learning, and how companies such as 3-GIS are leveraging an LMS and user community to further engage and enhance the knowledge and expertise of both end-users and employees.
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Bringing your legacy data into the future
May 2021

As you continue to make significant investments into expanding your network, envision how your current network management system will serve you over the next 5 years. Will you be able to move your business forward with the way you manage your network data today?
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Migrating data into 3-GIS: reducing the fear and cost of migrating network data
March 2021

During this webinar you'll learn more about the difference between data migration and data conversion, data migration workflow, and the 3-GIS data model.

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RDOF workflows: planning & design operations that will maximize return on your new network
February 2021

Watch this webinar to learn more about asset management and how you can manage your data throughout the lifecycle to improve the processes and speed of planning, design, construction, and reporting to meet RDOF requirements
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Management requirements for multi-domain networks with Jamil Allahham, CEO, UtilNet and Michael Measels, Vice President of Product Management, 3-GIS
January 2021 | 60 minutes

Fiber is the future, but copper will continue to play a key role in providing service to end-users. Learn the latest strategies for managing legacy copper networks.
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Innovation in fiber through smart software with Nathan Patrick, CTO Sonic and Sean Buckley, Associate Editor of Broadband Communities
November 2020 | 50 minutes

During this webinar, Nathan Patrick CTO explores what it means to be “GIS first” when profitably building a fast-growing leading ISP.
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Estimating savings: A budget utility for your utilities
November 2020 | 50 minutes

While getting fiber placed fast may be the ultimate goal, network deployment requires careful planning to avoid time loss, operational frustrations, and costly oversights.
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Building a digital network model for better financial reporting
October 2020 | 60 minutes

Having the data on exactly what your network looks like can have big financial benefits, both reducing costs and also growing your network and revenue generation

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Accelerating fiber deployments with a framework for better data
October 2020 | 52 minutes

The real-time revolution is here. Discover more about a new business model for deploying networks that transforms traditional outside plant asset management

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Money talks. Figuring fiber financials
September 2020 | 44 minutes

This webinar explores how building an accurate and detailed digital model of the network enables better reporting to inform the financial decisions
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Unleashing the power of configuration
August 2020 | 28 minutes

Discover how configuration allows your team to get up and running quickly, reduces swivel-chair turns, eliminates bandaid workarounds, and decreases operational delays

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Bringing best-of-breed technologies together
May 2020 | 62 minutes

Learn how vendors can collaborate to bring best-of-breed data management technologies together to provide a unified solution for CSPs and their EPCs
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How to improve project collaboration between vendors and CSPs
May 2020 | 43 minutes

Explore how communication service providers and their engineering vendors are adapting their businesses to leverage collaboration
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Lift and shift to the cloud
April 2020 | 48 minutes

Taking your network management to the cloud. Discover the operational advantages of utilizing cloud infrastructure for business systems
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Riding the wave: Document wavelengths in 3-GIS
April 2020 | 20 minutes

Documenting wavelengths in 3-GIS to inform business decisions and achieve peak network utilization

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Ditch delays: Improve field data collection
March 2020 | 41 minutes

3-GIS | Mobile puts your network data directly in the hands of work crews, allowing you to improve the efficiencies of your critical rideouts

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Tools and workflows for maintaining data veracity
February 2020 | 24 minutes

This webinar discusses the importance of data integrity and explores best practices for keeping data accurate
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Fusing OSP data and AI
December 2019 | 60 minutes

Discover how combining your physical network data with AI techniques can streamline business decisions organization-wide

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Reporting with dashboards
September 2019 | 31 minutes

Learn how to power your business with near real-time network data using dashboards

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Extracting the economic value of your outside plant data
May 2019 | 28 minutes

Get the most value from your OSP assets by leveraging the data created during the planning, building and managing of your network
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Management solutions for the life of the network
March 2019 | 62 minutes

Leverage data created when planning and constructing the physical network as a keystone for collaboration throughout the economic life of the network

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