At the midway point of 2025, IQGeo continues to build a competitive advantage with the flexibility of our network management products for fiber, telecom and utility operators. Our fiber customers have discovered faster workflows to design, build, operate and monetize their networks, while some of the leading utilities find it much easier to use IQGeo solutions to mobilize their GIS, streamline asset inspections, and respond faster to outages.
I’m excited to share a quick recap of our product releases so far this year.
Network Manager Telecom 3.4
Network Manager Telecom is the industry’s most flexible fiber, copper and coaxial network management software to accelerate planning, design, construction, and operations. Our 3.4 release delivers a suite of powerful new features that give telecom teams even greater control, clarity, and confidence across the entire network lifecycle.
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Audit trail tracking: Instantly see who changed what, and when, to strengthen data governance, improve collaboration, and resolve issues faster.
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Strand-level attributes: Add rich metadata to individual strands (e.g., status, glass type) for integrating data from your OSS/BSS systems into your system of record.
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Long-running task support: Process-intensive tasks like data imports now run in the background, keeping your sessions smooth and responsive so users can focus on the next task.
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Logical circuits and circuit paths: Get full visibility into service-level connections, from the central office to the customer. Logical circuits complement circuit paths that reference physical infrastructure, allowing you to accurately map physical and logical network resources.
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Smarter structure movement: Need to move a structure? Now you can do it with a few clicks. Quickly fix design errors or relocate assets without any manual clean-up.
Tune into Bitesize Fiber special edition with Ellie Puls and Stefan Schneider to explore the latest release of Network Manager Telecom 3.4.
Network Manager Electric 2.6 and 2.7
With our Network Manager Electric product, utilities can flexibly capture their current grid assets and easily extend the future model and workflows. These releases streamlined design workflows and improved data quality.
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Incremental data imports and exports: Ability to mobilize your system of record into Network Manager Electric and improve design data quality.
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Design-level compatible unit (CUs) management: The ability to move, copy, or delete CUs directly within the design interface to simplify design workflows.
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Improved network tracing: Allows users to have more complete visibility into what you’re tracing as well as a way to view traces based on their workflows, making the entire process more efficient.
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Concentric Location feature replacement tool: Streamlines the process of replacing features within a design by maintaining connections and housing relationships.
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Import/export for geopackage and EDIF: More accurate data in the field enables more efficient work execution for field crews.
Network Manager mobile updates
For both Network Manager Electric and Network Manager Telecom, field teams now have more simplified and efficient processes via:
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Digital form enhancements that allow reference sets and references to appear in the forms, enable calculated fields to be visible, and allow users to save the form while editing.
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User group configuration that delivers better long-term maintenance, consistency and commonality across all IQGeo applications.
Network Revenue Optimizer 1.5
Network Revenue Optimizer is transformative near-net estimating software that enables fiber operators to maximize network monetization, accelerate sales, and drive scalable growth. The 1.5 release was packed with powerful new features designed to enhance cost configuration and reporting, giving you unparalleled flexibility and precision in near-net estimates.
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Configure your own cost items: This includes custom elements like bridge or railroad crossings, to align with real-world build conditions.
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Define market areas: Apply region-specific cost models to reflect variations in labor, permitting, and construction.
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Customize how and where costs are applied: Whether along fiber routes or at specific infrastructure points, you can better match your network design approach.
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Generate detailed cost breakdowns: Clearly separate labor, materials, and permitting, helping teams understand and validate estimates faster.
Comsof Fiber 25.1
Comsof Fiber is the leading automated fiber planning and design software for telecom operators and engineering firms who want to quickly and cost-effectively scale their fiber-optic networks.
The 25.1 release delivers new levels of design automation and real-world accuracy, helping fiber engineering teams move faster from high-level planning to build-ready designs. Whether you're planning greenfield builds or optimizing complex brownfield overlays, 25.1 helps you generate smarter designs with less manual cleanup.
Here’s what’s new:
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Breakout structures for construction-grade layouts: Automatically place cabinets and access structures away from trench lines, reflecting safe, accessible, and buildable designs from day one.
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Flexible design rule options: Control splice locations, cabinet connectivity, and duct assignments with more granular rule settings that optimize cost and simplify construction.
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Smarter integration with Network Manager Telecom through improved CDIF files: Simplified exports with fewer virtual objects and fully modeled conduit runs, making data handoffs to Network Manager Telecom faster, lighter, and more accurate.
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Expanded international support: The CDIF files generated by Comsof Fiber now fully support global character sets (Greek, Cyrillic, Indian, Japanese, and more) to streamline international deployments.
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Performance, stability & technology upgrades: Bug fixes, aerial clustering improvements, spare duct generation, and updated platform libraries keep the system running smoothly even for the largest projects.
What’s next on the IQGeo product roadmap?
IQGeo is growing quickly, and we plan to continue our fast pace of product development for the rest of 2025. Look out for more improvements in operational functionality, simplified integrations and customizations, and an improved integrated product portfolio so the right products work together seamlessly.
Be sure to join us at the IQGeo Americas Meetup in October, where we will share insights from telecom and utility industry leaders, IQGeo customers and partners, as well as IQGeo’s vision on the changing business landscape and our technology roadmaps to meet future challenges.
If you’re ever curious about our product roadmap, feel free to contact us.
