Telecom and utilities news and perspectives

• Fiber network management
• Fiber network industry and markets
• App modernization
• Data migration and integrity

Leveraging AI and automation to streamline data collection and management

Telecom network operators face several data challenges, including as-built backlogs, data silos, and legacy system limitations. Manual data entry and cumbersome workflows contribute to these issues, often resulting in poor data quality and missing information. Addressing these challenges involves not only improving data collection processes but also implementing robust data management practices to ensure data integrity and accessibility.

• Fiber network management
• App modernization
• Data migration and integrity

Moving from legacy to modern: The significance of data model alignment

If you are thinking of replacing your legacy GIS system with a modern one that supports web and mobile applications, you are on the right track. Over time, many legacy GIS solutions for telecom have become obsolete and outdated, struggling to keep pace with the demands of modern infrastructure management.  Today's GIS platforms offer telecom companies enhanced accessibility and real-time data visualization, empowering them to operate more efficiently, make informed decisions, and deliver better customer service.

• Fiber network industry and markets
• App modernization
• Data migration and integrity

Rethinking strategic reporting and data sharing throughout the enterprise

At its core, strategic reporting is the complex process of gathering and analyzing data pertaining to an organization's performance.¹ The resulting data, taken from different departments, is used to create a comprehensive overview of a business and its goals to aid leadership in making more calculated decisions.² For network operators, it helps drive plans regarding network expansions, budget allocation, operational processes, etc.

• Data migration and integrity
• Press

Along the Path: How can we more effectively migrate data?

Welcome to the 2023 Q3 edition of Along the Path. In this edition, we discuss data migration, its necessity, and the impact it can have across an enterprise.

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• Fiber network management
• Data migration and integrity

Three simple considerations to promote fiber network data integrity

It may come as little surprise that communications service providers (CSPs) have experienced increases in operational efficiency by transforming their fiber records from paper and disparate digital files to fiber management specific programs and applications. In the Digital Transformation Tracker 5 report published in 2021 by TM Forum nearly “40% of CSP executives said they are well along the road and reaping significant benefits from [digital] transformation.” (1)

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• Data migration and integrity

Overcoming data conversion fears, uncertainties and doubts

We’ve all heard it before...change is hard. The thought of something we are accustomed to being revised or going away altogether is a difficult one to wrap our heads around. More often than not, change is accompanied by fears, uncertainties, and doubts (FUDs) that can keep us from embracing that change, but proper procedures and proven products can help alleviate some of these concerns.

Migrating data from one system to another is definitely an area where these FUDs can appear. 

We’re going to dive deeper into some of the worries that surround the sometimes daunting task of data conversion and discuss how our team and software work together to dispel them.

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• Fiber network management
• Data migration and integrity

Preparing your network data to make migration easier

Implementing a new fiber network management system is a big undertaking for any organization. Change can be hard, but moving to a system that will bring more efficiency and cost savings to the management of your network will pay off in the long run. To make the transition go smoothly requires some planning at the beginning. Whether you choose to convert your existing network data or use the 3-GIS data team services, here are three steps we recommend for making your data migration as easy as possible: