GIS Network Planning and Management
Uses geospatial data to design, monitor, and manage telecom networks for accurate planning and faster decision-making.
End-to-End Network Visibility, Powered by GIS
Enghouse Networks delivers a complete geospatial planning and operations system for telecom, broadband, and utility providers. Built on the cutting edge Esri technology, it supports every phase of the network lifecycle including planning, design, construction, operations, and reporting. Our platform reduces design errors, improves rollout speed, and gives every team accurate network visibility.
Model and plan every layer of your network with accuracy and control.
- Visualize physical and logical infrastructure, including full circuit paths and optical signals
- Map cables, splices, ports, and enclosures with real-world detail
- Validate designs with fiber rules, calculate loss, and auto-generate BoMs
- Track assets with linked cost, lease, and usage metadata
Plan and build networks using real-world specifications, automation, and validated designs.
- Draw fiber, copper, and coax routes
- Automate topology-based network design
- Validate signal loss and shortest paths
- Generate bills of material and funding estimates
Use real-time data to resolve issues quickly and keep services running.
- Trace faults and analyze root causes
- View alarms, coverage, and service impacts
- Run OTDR and saturation reports
- Support field teams with mobile network access
Guide Field Builds
Deliver clear, mobile-ready maps and data to keep field work efficient and on track.
Manage Full Inventory
Track all physical and logical assets across the network
Built on Esri Utility Network Modeling rules, tailored for telecom
Deploy and Connect Easily
Flexible Deployment for Any Environment
The solution is web based and built on the latest ArcGIS Enterprise platform and Utility Network framework. It supports multiple deployment options to match your operational and security requirements.
Integrate with Enghouse OSS Platform
This GIS platform connects directly with Enghouse’s broader OSS suite to support end-to-end service delivery. These systems share data with the GIS platform, enabling automated handoffs, faster response times, and complete network visibility. All integrations use standards-based APIs.
Use Case
Bringing Fiber to 22 Million Homes with Confidence
Bouygues Telecom is one of France’s largest mobile and internet providers, with over 8,000 employees and 500 stores across the country. The company set a goal to expand FTTH and FTTO access to over 22 million homes, including underserved rural areas.
To support this rollout, Bouygues needed a network planning platform that could pre-build service areas, calculate fiber counts, automate design based on topology, and generate materials lists and costs. After consulting industry experts, they selected the GIS Network Planning and Management solution from Enghouse.
The platform now helps Bouygues visualize, analyze, and share network information across teams, including engineering, sales, and executive leadership.
“Together with Enghouse, we have built a new system from scratch with a very substantial load within a few months. Because of this, we have faith in our partnership to carry out further evolutions of our projects.”
— Gerald Jabouley, Head of IT Fixed Network, Bouygues Telecom
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FAQs
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Yes, using advanced GIS equipment and geospatial analysis, the platform offers sophisticated 5G NSA coverage visualization for efficient network planning.
Yes, the platform provides sophisticated 5G to 4G anchor cell relationship mapping using advanced GIS software. This enables clear visibility of NSA coverage areas and enhances network planning and design.
Enghouse GIS Network Planning and Management runs on ArcGIS Enterprise and the Esri Utility Network framework, with web based and mobile access for office and field users. Operators can deploy in the cloud, within their own data centres or in a hybrid configuration, depending on security and data residency needs. All options support API based integration with OSS and enterprise systems, and can be combined with Enghouse professional services for data migration, model design and ongoing support.
Coverage Portals enable customers to check network coverage, fiber network planning progress, and service offerings using intuitive geospatial web interfaces. This transparency builds customer trust and engagement.
Traditional CAD files and spreadsheets tend to be static, difficult to share and hard to keep in step across teams. Enghouse GIS solutions use a central spatial database, Esri ArcGIS based tools and rule driven network models, so network data is managed in one place and presented on live maps and dashboards. This allows simultaneous use by planning, construction, operations and customer facing teams, with controlled edits, audit trails and consistent asset and connectivity records.
Operations teams use Enghouse GIS to trace faults, analyse root causes and see which customers and services are affected in real time. The platform brings together alarms, coverage layers, OTDR traces and network inventory on the same map, which helps teams decide where to act first. Field staff can access web and mobile maps, capture as built information, photos and redlines, and sync edits back into the GIS geodatabase. This keeps records aligned with what is actually in the ground.
Because Enghouse GIS solutions maintain accurate, location based records of network assets, coverage and service availability, they provide a strong base for broadband funding submissions and compliance reports. Operators can generate trace reports, coverage maps, bills of material and build progress dashboards directly from the GIS platform, using live network data rather than ad hoc estimates. This supports more defensible funding applications and clearer tracking of commitments across fibre and fixed wireless projects.
The GIS platform connects to the wider Enghouse OSS suite, including network resource management, site management, service assurance and network testing, so inventory, alarms and service data are linked to the same geographic view. Standard APIs and Esri integration options allow GIS to exchange data with external inventory tools, fault and performance systems, customer care platforms and enterprise reporting. This supports automated hand offs, consistent network data and a single spatial reference across planning and operations.
Enghouse GIS Management Platform is designed for rapid fibre build outs and 5G ready architectures. It helps operators pre plan service areas, calculate fibre counts and understand how new build decisions affect backhaul and core capacity. Engineering and analytics views add geospatial impact analysis, coverage calculations and combined RAN and transmission perspectives, so teams can set realistic coverage expectations and prioritise work that protects key customers and sites.
Enghouse GIS based customer care views combine GIS mapping and network inventory, so agents can see where a customer sits in relation to network assets, faults and planned works. This improves first time resolution and makes it easier to explain service issues in clear terms. Service assurance teams use GIS views to prioritise fault restoration by geographic and customer impact, and to link trouble tickets to specific coverage or infrastructure issues shown on the map.
Enghouse GIS Network Planning and Management lets teams plan, build and manage fibre and broadband networks on top of detailed geospatial data. Planners can model physical and logical infrastructure, map cables, ducts, poles and enclosures, calculate fibre loss and automatically generate bills of material and funding estimates. Automation and validation rules reduce design errors and rework, while pre built templates and topology based design help engineering teams move from concept to build ready designs more quickly.
Related resources
- Roadmap to Faster Fibre Rollout and ROI
Whitepaper on how GIS driven fibre planning and build management can shorten rollout timelines and improve project returns. - How Fibre Planning Tools Can Cut Costs
Article on using Enghouse GIS based fibre planning tools to reduce survey, design and construction costs.
The platform provides tools for fiber network design and planning, including fiber mapping software, fiber network management software, and GIS mapping services. These solutions enable efficient planning, engineering, and operation of fiber networks, supporting 4G, LTE-A, and 5G technologies.
It offers comprehensive fiber network planning and design solutions, including cable management tracker inventory software, fiber mapping software, and GIS planning tools, to optimize fiber rollout for 4G, LTE-A, and 5G networks.
GIS Network Planning & Management integrates with other Enghouse OSS solutions, including Workflow & Business Process Management (BPM), Service Assurance, and network inventory management. These integrations ensure cohesive telecommunication network management.
The platform seamlessly integrates with Enghouse OSS solutions like Workflow Management, network inventory management, and Service Assurance, ensuring comprehensive telecommunication network management.
The platform enhances fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) services by leveraging fiber network design and fiber mapping software. This ensures efficient fiber network management for operators, driving market growth.
The platform’s fiber network design tools support the planning, engineering, and operation of FTTx networks, ensuring seamless deployment and management.
Customer Care utilizes high-resolution, color-coded GIS maps and geospatial data solutions to translate complex network information into actionable insights. It seamlessly integrates with network inventory management software and increases first-time resolution for network-related inquiries.
By integrating GIS mapping services and network inventory management software, the Customer Care solution improves the handling of network inquiries and boosts first-time resolution rates.
The Engineering & Analytics solution empowers operation teams with geospatial analysis and visualization. It offers powerful network impact calculations, fiber network planning, transmission network analysis, and IoT-centric monitoring through mobile GIS capabilities.
