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ICT Infrastructure Toolkit webpage

Explore the Map

Broadband Maps

A GIS tool aiming at helping to address connectivity gaps and enhance affordability and resilience strategies. It offers expert assistance in geospatial technologies, including map visualization of key ICT networks indexes, such as optical fibre networks presence.

The map has been updated in 2025

What's new in the latest update?

  • Enhanced with advanced analytical features, multi-layer data integration, and a new RAG chatbot, enabling users to access information
View the map
ICT Infrastructure Toolkit webpage

Explore the Infrastructure Connectivity Mapping Toolkit

Geospatial Analysis Toolkit

The toolkit is updated to offer a range of learning materials, platforms, and professional development resources, including ITU Academy training courses, designed to promote capacity building.

What's new in the latest update?

  • An API to estimate if a location is within 10 km range of a Transmission Fiber node
Explore the API

Broadband Map

 

  • The Broadband map displays infrastructure connectivity layers, consolidating the results of ITU research on transmission networks, and other relevant information (Login with your ITU account to access aditional visualizations and tools)
    • ​Explore the on-line digital map here​
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  • ​Infrastructure Maps for applied connectivity analysis​ are prepared through BDT projects and assistances. They offer granular and in-depth analysis focusing specific connectivity targets (e.g. schools, health centres). Access the maps here​
  • The Toolkit of maps and geospatial from BDT can be accessed here​
  • Read the ITU Background on Geospatial here​.
  • To learn more on how AI is help mapping ICT infrastructure (GeoAI), access www.itu.int/go/emergingtech​ 



Indicators and Terrestrial Fibre Data Harmonization

  • ICT Geospatial Catalogue
    • ​The BDT Geospatial Catalogue aims to facilitate the finding of spatially referenced resources related to ICT infrastructure that can support analysis towards closing connectivity gaps and network deployment
    • ​The Geocatalogue includes the ICT Infrastructure Data Dictionaries that serve as reference for assistance on broadband mapping​
  • Broadband  Capacity Transmission Indicators
  • ​Open Fibre Data
    • Fibre Open Data has the potential to promote increased knowledge of ICT infrastructure and foster innovative solutio​ns to extend connectivity reach.​ Learn more about the Open Fibre Data work​ here



Data Research, Validation Framework

  • ​​Data Research
    • Connectivity project implementation requires the execution of data research of ICT networks, including transmission networks. The details of the validation framework in place are presented here. The site contains a user guide. Also, data sources, and validation tools​ (*ITU account is needed for some of the features)

ICT Infrastructure Business Planning Toolkit

  • ​​The ICT infrastructure business planning toolkit addresses business planning challenges with mobile and fibre-optic networks and it continues to offer a clear and practical methodology for the accurate economic evaluation of broadband infrastructure installation and deployment plans. The present edition also addressed the design of networks to support sustainable 5G technology roll-out.​

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Projects, Partnerships and Collaboration

    • Announced during GSR-24:  The Africa's National Broadband Mapping Systems project, Africa-BB-Maps, supported by the European Commission, will help establish broadband mapping systems to foster investment and digital transformation in Africa. With a budget of EUR 15 million over four years, the project will initially benefit 11 countries: Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
    • ​Signed on 14/06/2024, Strengthening collaboration on ICT infrastructure mapping ITU and the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly indicated their intent to collaborate in the areas of broadband connectivity data, network planning, evidence-based decision-making processes and benchmarking through data analytics, as well as interconnection of networks across WATRA member states, and through improved socio-economic mapping for targeted infrastructure investment opportunities and new partnerships
    • Other relevant activities supported by the ITU Broadband Map:

Training

    • Impact story on the Digital Impact Unlock: Improving Mapping Skills to Increase Last-Mile Connectivity​​
    • ITU Academy Training on Infrastructure Mapping and ICT Business Planning (2025)
      • The ITU Academy Self-Paced Training on 'Introduction to Broadband Mapping​' is available to the membership. This training brings together information on how to get started with Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applied to proceed with ICT network gap analysis and planning, among other introductory concepts and practices sharing
      • The ITU Academy Advanced Broadband Mapping training​, adds advanced topics and builds upon the existing "Introduction to Broadband Mapping" training, namely geospatial data management, advanced geospatial tools for infrastructure analysis, and Open Fibre data framework​ 
      • The ITU Academy online training: on "Introduction to the ICT Infrastructure Business Planning Toolkit". The course offers regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders a practical approach for the accurate economic evaluation of broadband infrastructure installation and deployment plans, based on the ITU ICT infrastructure business planning toolkit - 5G networks
    • BDT Infrastructure related ​Events​
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Contact: 

​- Future Networks and Spectrum Management Division (FNS) website ​

-  ​​email​​: fns@itu.int​​

 * ITU Account / TIES required. For more information, please consult the TIES service website​

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