Welcome to the first Bits & Bytes Newsletter for the Telecom User Community. Our goal for this newsletter is to provide a monthly update to our Telecom User Community that includes what's new in ArcGIS, recent TGI5 videos, more information on any community meetups, and telecom insights from our users and Esri team. If you have ideas for what you would like to see in this newsletter, please let us know.
News & Updates
Just released into the ArcGIS Living Atlas is the FCC's Broadband Data Collection. This layer pulls in the BDC data from the FCC and makes it available as a ready-to-use service in your maps and analysis. This layer supplements the existing FCC Form 477 dataset in the Living Atlas. Read more about his new layer: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/telecommunications/the-broadband-data-collection-and-living-atlas/
This month, a variety of the ArcGIS Solutions were updated, including two of the telecommunications' solutions. Communications Data Management was updated to version 2.0. Here is a high level overview of the enhancements:
- Added the Serviceable Locations feature layer to all maps to enable internal management of serviceable locations.
- Updated the Service Territory layer with additional attributes to improve understanding of service areas.
- Updated the Lifecycle Status domain to remove duplicate domains values.
- Updated the Communications Dashboard to include the serviceable locations and service area details as well as added a map.
Communications Utility Network Foundation version 1.4 was also released this month.
- A new Utility Data Management Support toolbox to support ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and ArcGIS Pro 3.1.
- Aligned the Structure Model with Electric Utility Network Foundation model.
Check out this blog for the complete list of new and updated ArcGIS Solutions: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-solutions/announcements/whats-new-in-the-arcgis-solutions-march-2023-release/
In a recent update to ArcGIS Online and the new map viewer, it is now possible to upload your own symbols for point layers (yay!). Check out this blog which shows how to create a gauge symbol on your web map: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/creating-dials-and-gauges/
Product Updates:
ArcGIS Pro 3.1
ArcGIS Experience Builder (Online) 2023.R1
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.26
ArcGIS Earth 1.18
ArcGIS Reality for ArcGIS Pro
TGI5s
TGI5 - Episode 069 - Credits, Reporting, and Building Reports in ArcGIS Online
TGI5 - Episode 070 - Utility Network vs Utility Network Foundations
Meetups & Events
The Telecom User Community held two meetups in March. One in-person meetup at the Esri Developer Summit and the second was a virtual meetup. The virtual meetup was the first Telecom GIS in 60 Minutes webinar which focused on ArcGIS Developers and the SDKs and APIs available. Watch the recording of the session below, and we'll see you all at the next meetup!
TGI60 - ArcGIS Developers (recording)
Telecom Insights
If a telecom’s goals include delivering a quality customer experience, they will need a workforce that can respond quickly to service requests and network issues. Efficiently sharing information from the office to the field and back ensures every employee is making decisions based on the same authoritative information. And since everything in a telecom’s business happens somewhere, ArcGIS, a system built around maps and spatial analysis, is the ideal choice. Check out this Story Map for more information on optimizing your mobile workforce: https://arcg.is/0jjT0X
Also, be sure to watch this month's Talking Telecom with Stacia Canaday and Randall Rene as they discuss ArcGIS as a System of Engagement.
For more insights, be sure to sign up for the Telecom News newsletter at esri.com/telecom.
Meet the Esri Telecom Technical Team
Patrick Ryan - @PatrickRyan
Solution Engineer
Jon Lauer - @JLauer
Solution Engineer
Patrick Huls - @SpatialNinja
Solution Engineer
Eileen Kelsey - @Eileen_Kelsey_
Solution Engineer
Skyler Crawford - @Skyler_Crawford
Solution Engineer
Juan Carlos Tarazona - @Juan_CarlosTarazona
Solution Architect
Gelisa Joseph - @GelisaJoseph
Product Engineer - ArcGIS Solutions
