Join executives from both market-leading solutions and special guest from empower, delivered by Craighead Electric Cooperative, as they share examples of how this partnership is already achieving construction to connection timelines of just ten weeks with significantly reduced resourcing and operating costs. VETRO and Render’s open and API-driven integration enables network operators to automate the end-to-end connection process utilizing a single source of real-time GIS data to:

• Eliminate construction handover effort and close-out timelines
• Maintain a pristine system of record with two-way information flows
• Confidently construct and operate networks at the same time
• Significantly reduce time-to-connect

Webinar Speakers:

Sam Pratt, CEO, Render Networks
Lance McGee, Head of Product, VETRO
Representative of empower, delivered by Craighead Electric Cooperative

The company has made a significant investment in talent and technology to make VETRO FiberMap faster, smarter, and ready to scale, modernizing and redefining how fiber networks are planned, designed, built, and operated. In a pivotal moment for America and the world, VETRO is primed to be the platform that powers broadband equity by enabling operators and owners to digitize, visualize, and operationalize their network data.

The challenge of making the sprawling complexity and intricacy of networks visible and operational has long frustrated network owners and software developers alike, and solutions have fallen short. While other industries have streamlined and scaled with the productivity, centralized knowledge, and democratized data that has become the standard in enterprise cloud business software, telecommunications operators have struggled to design, manage, market, and sell network assets with decades-old technology and disjointed collections of single-use apps.

Now, in this critical moment when the world is looking to these same network operators to modernize connectivity and bridge the digital divide, VETRO is empowering them with the intuitive tools, techniques and aesthetic of truly disruptive software. With the ability to render spatial data more quickly than ever before, users are able to operationalize and query their network data at scale and on demand and leverage new insights to uncover new opportunities for expansion, revenue, cost efficiencies, and customer satisfaction.

“VETRO is our partner in innovation,” said Andrew Eubank, VP of Fiber at Visionary Broadband. “We chose VETRO for the simplicity, scalability, and responsiveness of the team. Very few companies have shown such a commitment to making their product work for their users, and we’re excited to use the power of the VETROFiberMap platform to accelerate our deployment even further.”

The latest enhancements to the platform build on the already best-in-class features with deeper, clearer network visibility, more flexibility to explore and filter data, and more powerful insights in a scalable, secure, and future-proof framework. All of this is available in real time to anyone in the organization, served up how and when they need it.

“We talk a lot about ‘underserved’ communities’ when it comes to connectivity, and in a way these providers have been underserved themselves when it comes to access to the tools and technology they need to rise to this unprecedented opportunity,” said Will Mitchell, CEO and Cofounder of VETRO. “We worked with operators to understand their needs and built this platform to empower them with a solution that modernizes their operations and brings their data to life. Creating a digital home for the physical internet is the true disruptive power of VETRO.”

About VETRO Inc.

VETRO is a SaaS software company delivering unparalleled internet infrastructure intelligence through a unique mapping platform. We deliver the world’s best map-based SaaS platform to plan, design, build and operate the internet infrastructure that enables a connected and sustainable world. VETRO is built for ISPs and others who own or manage fiber networks and need a fiber specific asset management platform. At VETRO, we are passionate about enabling better connectivity for all, and delivering disruptive digital transformation for all Communications Service Providers. 

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VETRO will be the platform of record for ConnectMaine to leverage as a central hub for all planning, mapping, and infrastructure data and provide easy collaboration across the ecosystem of stakeholders with transparency, accountability, scalability, efficiency and impact.

The announcement today comes on the heels of Maine Governor Janet Mills’ recently unveiled $150 million proposal to improve the state’s high-speed internet access. ConnectMaine will be a part of a new broadband authority to coordinate use of funds in Maine. 

“Reliable access to high speed broadband will transform Maine’s workforce development, education, health care, and communities. But our success depends on access to information,” said Peggy Schaffer, Executive Director of ConnectMaine Authority. “VETRO’s Broadband Intelligence Platform delivers next-level data that we can easily operationalize to drive our decision-making. It gives all stakeholders real-time visibility, transparency, and accountability. It ensures that we are maximizing the impact of our investments to benefit our communities.” 

VETRO’s suite of tools for state broadband initiatives goes well beyond mapping, delivering a combination of software, services and data tailor-made for statewide connectivity initiatives like the ConnectMaine project. Based on GIS to enable unprecedented flexibility and insight, VETRO transforms large sets of disparate data into seamless network plans, ROI reporting, transparent public resources and a comprehensive picture of digital divide successes and continued needs. 

“This is a transformational moment for the U.S. and the state of Maine,” said Will Mitchell, VETRO CEO and Co-founder. “We are at a turning point driven by the largest investment in communications infrastructure in the history of our nation. As a Maine-based company, VETRO is honored to support the work of ConnectMaine to make the most of this moment on behalf of all Mainers.”

The state of Maine has set a goal of expanding the availability of broadband to connect 95% of potential subscriber locations by 2025.

About VETRO Inc:

VETRO is a SaaS software company delivering unparalleled internet infrastructure intelligence through a unique mapping platform. We deliver the world’s best map-based SaaS platform to plan, design, build and operate the internet infrastructure that enables a connected and sustainable world. VETRO is built for ISPs and others who own or manage fiber networks and need a fiber specific asset management platform. At VETRO, we are passionate about enabling better connectivity for all, and delivering disruptive digital transformation for all Communications Service Providers. Learn more at VETROFibermap.com. 

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The local broadband initiatives included in Cohort 2 are the Town of Rome, the Town of Northport, Greater East Grand Region Broadband, Mount Desert, Southwest Waldo County Broadband Coalition, Mid-Coast Internet Coalition, and the Town of Sebago.

“There is nothing more exciting to me personally than to be able to apply the technology that VETRO has built to improving internet connectivity in my home state of Maine,” said Will Mitchell, VETRO Co-founder and CEO. “We want to enable towns all around the state to jump the line to future-proof fiber networks. That level of connectivity will allow communities, businesses, and residents to thrive in our new digital economy.”

Through the VETRO Cares program, all participants receive a six-month subscription to the VETRO Fibermap platform, training and ongoing user support, and broadband planning and design capabilities with access to mission-critical state and federal data sets. Representatives from each initiative will meet monthly to discuss their progress, challenges, and learnings, guided by VETRO’s Vice President of Broadband Strategy, Brian Mefford.

“We are so pleased to be able to extend the benefits of this program to a second group of community broadband initiatives,” said Mefford. “Maine communities deserve real-time broadband intelligence that informs an array of project options, supports communication with providers and local constituents, and accelerates deployments. We are excited to see how the VETRO platform and this collaborative effort can make an impact in bringing broadband internet to more residents of Maine.”

VETRO Cares launched in November of 2020 with an initial cohort of 9 participants who are now actively leveraging the data-driven insights provided by the VETRO platform to carry out their plans to expand broadband access to unserved and underserved populations in areas across Maine.

“VETRO has been a great resource in my work with broadband committees in the towns of Harrison and Naples,” said Clara McCool, Broadband Equity Fellow, Resilience Corps – AmeriCorps Program, Greater Portland Council of Governments. “One of the biggest assets has been the ability to put all of our data in one place — we can upload data on speed tests, served vs. unserved locations, and survey results to paint a clearer picture of what internet service is actually like in these communities, and figure out the best solutions for them. It also will be helpful to capture images of unserved areas to send into ConnectMaine to qualify for grant funding. The cost analysis feature will be incredibly useful in preparing us with knowledge about network design and cost going into conversations with ISPs, and will help us communicate plans to the public.”

VETRO aims to empower communities, non-profits, and network planners, owners and operators that are seeking or have received public funding by equipping them with the technology solutions needed to deploy critically important fiber optic network infrastructure successfully.

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Citynet has been dedicated to working with the communities of WV to expand their fiber optic network for many years. In 2014, they secured a grant from the West Virginia Broadband Deployment Council for infrastructure projects, enabling them to bring high-speed Internet service  to Snowshoe Mountain Resort. The following year, in partnership with the City of Bridgeport, they launched a pilot project to establish Bridgeport as the First Gigabit City in West Virginia, an exciting milestone for the state’s broadband initiatives. 

VETRO Fibermap is thrilled that Citynet has chosen our platform to manage their existing network as well as to facilitate their continued expansion to more communities throughout the state. Citynet prides itself on building long-term relationships with their customers and delivering unparalleled customer support, and we pledge to do the same for them. 

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