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GENERAL: IKE: Joint use driving adoption of GE MapSight in US Market
May 4, 2015
Joint use driving adoption of GE MapSight in US Market
Industry influencers predict ikeGPS technology to become an industry-standard
approach
ikeGPS (NZX:IKE) is experiencing increased adoption of its GE MapSight(TM)
pole data collection solution from US-based Electric Utilities, Telecom
providers, and Engineering service firms who need to address joint use
challenges. Joint use is the common practice of a utility pole owner allowing
third parties such as a telecom providers to collocate equipment on a utility
pole. The continual growth of new attachment permit requests combined with
increased regulatory oversight are driving demand for improving efficiency,
accuracy and safety for a variety of joint use related applications.
"MapSight is a proven solution for pole data collection and inspections, and
it's quickly becoming an invaluable instrument for joint use permitting and
compliance", says ikeGPS Director of Sales for the Americas, Mike McGill.
"Traditional and new ikeGPS customers are using MapSight to address Public
Utility Commission compliance, new Fiber-optic attachment permitting
processes, NESC standards, and many other joint use requirements. In
California specifically, MapSight is being utilized by some of the largest
and smallest Utilities to reduce GO-165 compliance costs and by network
operators deploying residential Fiber."
ikeGPS recently joined the UtiliSite organization, an independent operating
unit of the Utilities Telecom Council (www.utc.org) that supports utilities
by providing learning and collaboration opportunities that impact wireless
collocation as well as joint use/pole attachments.
"Telecom companies or their Engineering service providers can streamline the
permit and as-built processes with MapSight," says Richard Hickey, Chief
Compliance Officer of First Light Resources and Associate Member of
UtiliSite. "MapSight can also dramatically reduce pole inspection and joint
use audit costs for installing fiber, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and
small cells. I see MapSight quickly becoming an industry standard approach
for joint use projects."
"MapSight's customizable forms ensure our teams collect field data in a
standardized format that promotes efficiency and accuracy. This eliminates
the need to send teams back into the field to capture information that was
overlooked or missed," says Phil Carroll, Vice President at Finely
Engineering. "Exporting the MapSight pole data into our engineering software
without manual data entry enables us to avoid human error and streamlines our
processes."
ikeGPS will be exhibiting and demonstrating the GE MapSight solution at the
following upcoming industry events:
o UTC Telecom & Technology, Atlanta, Georgia. May 5-8
o UtiliSite Seminar: "Pole Attachments: A Collaborative Approach to
Maximizing Revenue". Atlanta, Georgia. May 7
o Heartland Group Spring Meeting. Akron, Ohio. May 12-13
o America Public Power Association (APPA) Engineering and Operational
Technical Conference. Sacramento, California. May 17-20
o America Public Power Association (APPA) Public Power Expo.
Minneapolis, Minnesota. June 8-9
For additional information on GE MapSight, visit www.gemapsight.com.
About ikeGPS
ikeGPS' mission is to revolutionize every measurer's day. Its field data
collection and asset management solutions have been adopted around the world
and are used in in a variety of industries including Utility, Telecom,
Government/Defense, and Engineering. The Company has a Trademark Agreement
with General Electric and markets its Electric Utility solution as GE
MapSight.
ikeGPS' global sales and marketing headquarters is based in Colorado USA.
IkeGPS Group Limited is listed on the main board of the New Zealand Stock
Exchange under the stock symbol IKE.
GE is a trademark of General Electric Company and is under license by ikeGPS
Ltd, 42 Adelaide Road, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.
About Finley Engineering
For over 60 years, Finley Engineering has been a leader in the design,
engineering and construction of broadband, communications and electrical
power systems. Finley has over 250 employees located in 11 offices throughout
the U.S. and is a multi-disciplined organization offering professional
engineering, project management, surveying, mapping, environmental and
right-of-way services to the electric power transmission and distribution,
gas pipeline, telecommunications, broadband and related industries.
Contacts:
ikeGPS
Jeff Ross, Chief Marketing Officer
+1 303.222.3219 x700
Email: [email protected]
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