Iqgeo

What Iqgeo does

IQGeo is an AI-first geospatial network intelligence software company that provides an end-to-end platform for telecom and utility operators to plan, design, construct, and operate physical network infrastructure. The company's core product suite — Network Manager Telecom, Network Manager Electric, and Network Manager Gas — is built around a continuously updated live network digital twin that ingests field-execution data and feeds outcomes back into the network model. Proprietary components include Comsof Fiber (automated FTTH network planning acquired in August 2022, claimed to reduce planning and design effort by up to 90%) and NetLux AI (computer vision for real-time field quality control, acquired via Deepomatic in 2024 and rebranded), along with a native mobile-first field operations application, TM Forum-compliant APIs, a Workflow Manager module, a Network Quoting tool, and the Adaptive Grid product for electric utilities.

IQGeo sells primarily through a direct enterprise field-sales motion targeting tier-1 telecom operators (Deutsche Telekom, AT&T, Virgin Media O2, Bell, Proximus, CityFibre, Deutsche Glasfaser) and electric/gas utilities (WAPA, TEPCO Power Grid, Stedin, Portland General Electric, Central Hudson). Revenue is generated through multi-year SaaS subscriptions priced on a quote basis per deployment, supplemented by professional services for implementation, training, GIS integration, and legacy migration (e.g., OSPInsight). Distribution is augmented by a Certified Implementation Partner Program (CGI Netherlands holds a Center of Excellence) and a Certified Design Partner Program, plus event-driven demand generation through regional meetups and industry conferences (Fiber Connect, DISTRIBUTECH, FTTH Council Europe).

The company was founded in 2001, was previously listed on the AIM London Stock Exchange under ticker IQG, and was taken private in 2024 by KKR, a global private equity firm. Headquartered in Cambridge, UK with a North American presence, IQGeo employs 251–500 people and holds ISO 27001, Carbon Neutral, and EcoVadis certifications. Key product launches include the 2026 Unified Fieldworker App preview at Fiber Connect, and a strategic leadership transition in April 2026 positions the company for its next growth phase under PE ownership.

Name

Iqgeo

Legal name

IQGeo Group plc

Website

https://iqgeo.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

IQGeo provides an AI-first geospatial network intelligence platform that unifies planning, design, construction, and operations for telecom and utility operators, serving tier-1 customers like Deutsche Telekom, AT&T, Virgin Media O2, and Stedin via enterprise SaaS contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geospatial Network Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

AI/ML Engineering & Model Development Services (BPAEAHAF)

Keywords

• Geospatial network management
• Telecom network software
• Utility network management
• Fiber network planning
• Network digital twin

Headquarters

HQ city

North Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions (SaaS): IQGeo operates primarily as a SaaS/subscription software company, providing its AI-powered geospatial network management platform on a subscription basis to telecom and utility operators. Pricing is quote-based and negotiated per customer deployment size and scope.
2. Professional Services: Implementation, training, and support services delivered alongside the software platform. Includes migration services (OSPInsight Migration), GIS integrations, API development environment, and product training.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

IQGeo provides an AI-powered geospatial network management software platform (Network Manager) used by telecom operators and electric/gas utilities to design, build, and operate fiber, broadband, wireless, and grid networks. The platform unifies planning, design, construction, and operations through a live Network Digital Twin, mobile-first field tools, automated fiber planning (Comsof Fiber), and AI-powered visual inspection (NetLux AI). It is sold via subscription with supporting implementation, training, and support services.

Product overview

IQGeo offers an AI-powered geospatial network management platform for telecom and utility operators. The core platform, Network Manager, comes in three variants: Network Manager Telecom (for fiber, broadband, and wireless operators), Network Manager Electric (for electric utilities), and Network Manager Gas (for gas utilities). Add-on modules include NetLux AI for visual inspection and quality control, Comsof Fiber for automated fiber network design, Workflow Manager for digital work execution, Network Quoting for B2B fiber services, and Inspection & Survey tools. The platform integrates with external systems including GE Smallworld, Esri Utility Network, and ADMS systems via TM Forum compliant APIs. IQGeo delivers native mobile-first capabilities, AI-powered quality control, and supports the journey toward autonomous networks across the entire network lifecycle from planning through operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Network Manager Telecom: AI-powered geospatial network management software for telecom operators - covering fiber, broadband, and wireless network design, construction, and operations
• Network Manager Electric
• Network Manager Gas
• Comsof Fiber
• NetLux AI
• Workflow Manager
• Network Quoting
• Inspection & Survey
• OSPInsight
• Adaptive Grid
• Network IQ
• Bitesize Fiber
• Bitesize Electric

Products and services

• Network Manager Telecom AI-powered geospatial network management software for telecom and ISP operators. Provides end-to-end network lifecycle management covering design, construction, and operations of fiber, broadband, and wireless outside and inside plant networks. Used by tier-1 operators such as Deutsche Telekom, AT&T, Bell, Virgin Media O2, CityFibre, Brightspeed, and Deutsche Glasfaser.
• Network Manager Electric Geospatial software for electric utility operators supporting asset management, grid modernization, inspection, and field operations. Enables field design, staking, digital as-builts, outage mobility, and asset inspections from a single platform. Used by TEPCO Power Grid, Stedin, WAPA, Central Hudson, and Portland General Electric.
• Network Manager Gas Geospatial network management software for gas utilities, supporting network modeling, field operations, and asset management for gas distribution infrastructure.
• NetLux AI (formerly Deepomatic Lens) AI-powered visual inspection and quality control solution that uses computer vision for real-time field operations. Automates quality verification for fiber deployments, smart meter installations, and asset inspections, enabling 100% digital QA/QC with complete audit trails. Customers include Swisscom (95% right first time) and Unit-T (25% reduction in audit/reporting time).
• Comsof Fiber Automated fiber network planning and design software that generates rapid, optimized FTTH/FTTx network designs through algorithmic planning. Reduces planning and design costs by up to 90%. Used by Deutsche Telekom to automate fiber planning toward passing 10M+ homes.
• Workflow Manager Digital work execution and workflow orchestration solution for utility and telecom operators. Tracks identified data issues, manages outage mobility, break-fix tickets, and construction workflows. Enables field crews to monitor network state and feed back repair information into the network model.
• Network Quoting B2B fiber quoting solution for telecom operators that enables accurate estimates, identifies revenue opportunities, and creates quotes for business fiber services by combining the network twin with a revenue twin for prioritized build decisions.
• Inspection and Survey Field inspection and survey management solution that supports asset inspection workflows, damage assessments, and survey data capture. Integrates with NetLux AI visual AI for automated inspection documentation.
• GIS Integrations Services Integration services that connect the IQGeo platform with existing enterprise GIS systems (including Esri and GE Smallworld). Supports interoperability with enterprise GIS infrastructure and serves as a data quality management layer for ADMS environments.
• API Development Environment Developer services for building integrations and custom applications on the IQGeo platform. Supports partners and developers creating extensions and integrations using IQGeo's TM Forum compliant APIs.
• Product Training Product training services for the IQGeo software. Educational programs that help customers and partners learn platform capabilities and best practices across telecom and utility use cases.
• Product Support Product support services for IQGeo customers. Technical assistance and maintenance for platform users across telecom and utility deployments.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50–90% reduction in planning and design effort
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability8 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CGIcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCGI is an IQGeo partner from the Netherlands focused on the utility industry. CGI has invested in an IQGeo Center of Excellence and uses IQGeo's field mobility software for inspection and survey applications across gas, electric, and water network infrastructure at Dutch utilities, helping customers meet safety and regulatory obligations.
• NetPMDminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetPMD participated as a sponsor pod at the IQGeo EMEA Meetup under the Design & Integration partner category, providing network planning and design integration services with IQGeo solutions.
• Fiber Broadband AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Fiber Broadband Association (FBA) and IQGeo co-host webinars including sessions on BEAD applications, fiber rollout planning, and network optimization. FBA President Gary Bolton appears on the Network IQ podcast series discussing fiber broadband trends and strategies.
• FTTH Council EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFTTH Council Europe is a key strategic partner, with Director General Vincent Garnier delivering a keynote at the IQGeo EMEA Meetup. IQGeo co-hosts webinars with the FTTH Council including sessions on fiber network workflow strategies. Council research on fiber penetration and adoption informs IQGeo's market positioning.
• T&D WorldminorGTM or Marketing PartnerT&D World is a utility industry media platform that co-hosts web chats and podcasts with IQGeo on topics including grid modernization, field mobility, and outage management. IQGeo's Matt Roberts and Troy Freissle-Lewis participate in T&D World hosted sessions.
• CityFibrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCityFibre, one of the fastest growing UK broadband operators, is both a customer and strategic partner. Chief Delivery Officer Richard Thorpe delivered a keynote at the IQGeo EMEA Meetup. CityFibre's guiding principles around operational efficiency, technology, processes, and skills align with IQGeo's platform strategy. CityFibre was a 2026 EMEA Meetup Awards winner.
• Connect FibrecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnect Fibre, an altnet rural fiber operator in the UK, is both a customer and strategic partner. IQGeo co-hosted a webinar with Connect Fibre on creating a fiber network workflow strategy. Connect Fibre uses Network Manager Telecom as the foundational platform with integrations to Monday, Deepomatic, and EXFO.
• Krishnan & AssociatesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIQGeo collaborated with Krishnan & Associates on a research paper highlighting the power of mobile geospatial technology to drive grid modernization. Krishnan & Associates contributed to IQGeo's grid modernization webinar series.
• Deutsche GlasfasercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeutsche Glasfaser (DGF) is a major German fiber operator and IQGeo customer. DGF won the 2024 EMEA Customer Innovation Award and presented on their Plan-Build-Operate strategy using Network Manager Telecom, passing 2M+ homes in rural Germany.
• Deutsche TelekomcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeutsche Telekom's FTTH Factory team presented at the IQGeo EMEA Meetup on passing 10M+ homes in Germany using Comsof Fiber automated planning and design software. DT won the 2024 EMEA Customer Innovation Award. IQGeo and DT co-hosted a webinar on DT's journey to accelerate FTTH deployment.
• InfosysminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInfosys participated in a Network IQ industry chat on sustainability and climate change, discussing how telecom and utility operators can begin their sustainability journey. Corey Glickman and Jeff Kavanaugh from Infosys appeared on the Network IQ podcast series.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Hexagon: Hexagon's Safety & Infrastructure division (formerly Intergraph) serves utilities, telecom, and transportation with GIS-centric network management and field mobility. It is a broad incumbent in the same enterprise software procurement cycles as IQGeo.
• HERE Technologies: HERE Technologies is a leading geospatial location platform serving telecom, utilities, and logistics with mapping, location data, and network optimization capabilities. It operates at a different layer (data/platform) but competes for enterprise geospatial investment from the same telecom and utility buyers.
• Trimble: Trimble provides geospatial, construction, and utility field operations technology, including Trimble Unity for utility field mobility. It competes broadly for telecom and utility field crew productivity budgets that IQGeo targets with its mobile-first platform.
• Bentley Systems: Bentley Systems is a large infrastructure engineering software provider that acquired Cesium to expand geospatial capabilities. It serves adjacent telecom and utility infrastructure markets with digital twin and asset management software, competing for similar enterprise platform budgets.
• Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric offers ADMS, EcoStruxure, and grid operations software widely used by electric utilities for outage management and field operations - overlapping with IQGeo's Workflow Manager and Adaptive Grid products in electric utility buyer workflows.

Emerging players

• Cyient: Cyient provides geospatial engineering services and software for telecom and utility network planning, including fiber design and digital twin offerings. It serves similar operator customers with overlapping planning and design capabilities, though with a heavier services orientation.
• VertiGIS: VertiGIS builds vertical GIS applications on top of Esri and other platforms for utilities and infrastructure operators, with focus on network mapping and field operations. It represents an alternative architecture for utility GIS workflows that competes for the same operator budgets.

Direct peers

• 3-GIS: 3-GIS provides fiber network management and geospatial software specifically to telecom operators and altnets, making it one of the closest functional competitors to IQGeo's Network Manager Telecom and Comsof Fiber products in the fiber rollout market.
• GE Vernova (Smallworld): GE Smallworld is the incumbent geospatial platform for electric, gas, and telecom operators globally. IQGeo has published co-integration content on 'supercharging' Smallworld with mobile-first capabilities and partners with GE at the EMEA Meetup, directly addressing the same utility GIS buyer.
• Esri: Esri is the dominant GIS platform provider for utilities and telecom operators worldwide, with ArcGIS and the Utility Network model. IQGeo explicitly positions as an AI-first alternative/complement to Esri, offering migration paths away from Esri Utility Network for utility network model management.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses6 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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