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Blog | From buildout to buy-in: What's driving full fibre take-up in the UK?
Mar 24, 2025 4:00:00 PM
  • Internet service
  • Communications service providers
  • Altnets
  • FTTH

From buildout to buy-in: What's driving full fibre take-up in the UK?

The UK’s full fibre broadband market is at a critical inflection point. With billions invested in network buildouts over the past few years, the focus has firmly shifted to take-up—how many households are actually subscribing to services. Several recent industry reports have provided various insights and discussions around the current state of play and what’s shaping adoption across the country.

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Blog | Rural vs urban fiber network planning: The challenges and opportunities
Feb 24, 2025 3:00:00 PM
  • Fiber network industry and markets
  • FTTH
  • Fiber deployment

Rural vs urban fiber network planning: The challenges and opportunities

The approach to planning and deploying fiber networks can vary dramatically between rural and urban environments. While modern fiber design software has revolutionized how providers tackle these challenges, the differences in these environments require carefully tailored, data-driven strategies to maximize ROI, reduce deployment risks, and accelerate time to market.

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Blog | Fiber Connect 2024: Shaping the future of connectivity
Aug 8, 2024 1:40:44 PM
  • Fiber network industry and markets
  • Telecom technologies
  • FTTH
  • Fiber deployment

Fiber Connect 2024: Shaping the future of connectivity

As the dust settles on another successful Fiber Connect conference, we at 3-GIS find ourselves energized by the innovative spirit and collaborative atmosphere that permeated the Nashville event. Fiber Connect 2024, hosted by the Fiber Broadband Association, brought together industry leaders and technology pioneers, united in the mission to bridge the digital divide and propel America's connectivity infrastructure into the future. 

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FTTH Top 200 Broadband Communities Magazine
Sep 25, 2022 10:29:59 PM
  • Press
  • FTTH

3-GIS lands on the Broadband Communities Magazine FTTH Top 100 list

For the seventh year in a row, 3-GIS has been chosen for the Broadband Communities Magazine Fiber-to-the-Home Top 100 list. The magazine’s list honors leaders and innovators of high-speed internet projects servicing homes and communities across the United States. 3-GIS, a leader in fiber design and management software and services, was selected as one of the leading companies to watch out for among all other fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) players in 2022.

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Nov 2, 2016 1:47:00 PM
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  • Fiber network design and automation
  • FTTH

FTTH design & engineering standards- what you need to be successful?

Many of our customers are facing challenges as it relates to documenting specifications, data models, and output required to support the end-to-end design and construction process for fiber to the home (FTTH). This is true whether you are considering utilizing conventional CAD-based technology or leveraging a geographic information system (GIS). 3-GIS has faced these challenges head on with our customers and wanted to pass on some lessons learned for consideration.

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