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Telecoms Inventory for GPON using Kuwaiba#

NetUK3 (The Brewery) digest Program Adjacent pick The Brewery · 6–7 July 2026

Abstract Slides Recording

Corey Maltby (Solent University), Craig Gallen (Entimoss and Solent University)

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  • Why: Physical/logical inventory is the unglamorous prerequisite for fibre operations; Kuwaiba is a credible open-source alternative to commercial telecoms inventory systems and this is a grounded evaluation of it, including failure modes.
  • What: An introduction to Kuwaiba (open-source telecoms inventory, originating in South America, modelling physical and logical network resources and services at significantly lower cost than commercial systems) via a student industrial consulting project: modelling a city-wide GPON network in Kuwaiba populated from UK UPRNs and OpenStreetMap GIS data. The event page summary adds discussion of the issues with populating the system from UK public GIS data sources, plus an offered demo.
  • How: GIS data import (UPRNs, OpenStreetMap) into Kuwaiba's resource model to design and document a citywide GPON deployment — testing how practical the tool and data pipeline are.
  • Where applicable: ISPs and service providers, especially UK altnets building fibre; the GIS-data-quality findings are UK-specific, but the Kuwaiba evaluation is relevant to any operator weighing open-source inventory.