The Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) is a national association to connect every home, business, and community in the Americas with high-speed fiber broadband. They believe fiber will transform the world like no other technology has since electricity. Their mission is to accelerate the deployment of fiber broadband networks to ensure digital equity and enable every community to leverage economic and societal benefits that only fiber can deliver. The association consists of industry experts from vast backgrounds to lead and shape the future of fiber.
IQGeo has joined in a transformative moment in the fiber industry, and we work with the FBA community to supply reliable and efficient fiber networks across the Americas through our award-winning fiber network management software, educational content, webinars, and events. IQGeo is helping fiber network operators to build better networks with our award-winning network management software.
The Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) Council Europe is an industry association created in 2004 to ensure that full fiber-based connectivity is available throughout Europe. Their membership includes over 150 companies, including investors, vendors, and operators, who work together to offer expert advice to policymakers and regulators. The FTTH Council Europe supplies various activities to support this mission, including supporting and reporting on studies, creating networking platforms, distributing newsletters, and hosting the annual FTTH Conference.
IQGeo's continued membership is critical in maximizing connections and accelerating FTTH operations across the European Union. Raf Meersman, the Senior Vice President of our European office at IQGeo, is a member of the FTTH executive board. He collaborates closely with the council to supply valuable insights by curating knowledge from tried and tested practices followed by fellow members deploying large-scale FTTH networks.
The National Regional Electrical Cooperative Association (NRECA) is the service organization of America's electric cooperatives for over 75 years. Today, the organization is creating pathways toward a more diverse and sustainable future to meet the demands of modern infrastructure. From growing suburbs to rural farming communities, America's electric cooperatives have distinct challenges and opportunities that require innovative solutions.
For IQGeo, NRECA stands for the interests of hundreds of network operators that supply electrical and broadband services in the US. IQGeo has connected with electric co-ops nationwide to meet the primary challenges of managing their grids and help them build better networks using our geospatial software. Working together, electric co-op members do things that would be too costly and too difficult to do alone.
The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA UK) is a trade association for internet service companies throughout the United Kingdom. The organization aims to promote collaboration and constructive dialogue among members of the Internet industry. ISPA represents over two hundred companies to date and a growing Partnership Program. The ISPA Partners form an integral part of the UK internet ecosystem, supplying critical products and services to the UK ISPs and fiber network builders, enabling them to deploy improved gigabit services to consumers nationwide and ensuring that the UK still is a leading digital nation.
IQGeo has recently joined the ISPA as part of the Partnership Program to better reach the internet and fiber industry through ISPA's excellent community and activities. The ISPA's events, workshops, and newsletters offer an ideal forum for IQGeo to share experience in helping fiber network operators plan, design, construct, and operate their broadband network infrastructure. The new ISPA partnership gives IQGeo an excellent channel to be involved with industry conversations and trends, plus our award-winning Network Manager Telecom and Comsof Fiber software with the market.
The Society for Broadband Professionals ( SCTE®) is a Learned Society to raise the standard of broadband engineering in the telecommunications industry. Founded in 1945, the SCTE® is a non-profit organization run by an Executive Committee of elected volunteers holding three-year terms. Although the SCTE® formed in the United Kingdom, the organization has members worldwide, including in the US, Europe, and the Benelux Union.
IQGeo's membership and partnership with the SCTE EU supports extensive broadband expansion plans. The membership offers valuable insights on deploying large-scale networks, enabling operators to manage fiber networks throughout their lifecycle via thought leadership in their popular Broadband magazine, editorial white papers, interviews, expert topics, and webinars. IQGeo values the membership's ability to service communities and supplies operators with the resources to deliver full-fiber broadband throughout Europe.
