Announcing tools to help partners improve connectivity

What this post added

This post introduces two new tools, Advanced Network Planning and Actionable Insights, to help connectivity partners improve network planning and optimization. Advanced Network Planning uses computer vision and machine learning with satellite imagery and LiDAR data to identify infrastructure like light poles and optimize network design for fiber builds and cell tower placement, reducing planning time from days to minutes. Actionable Insights consists of Network Insights, which uses aggregated and de-identified user connection data from the Facebook app to generate network performance maps and identify areas for coverage, speed, and latency improvements, and Market Insights, which provides aggregated and de-identified data on market share, device usage, and SIM card switching rates to inform business and hardware planning decisions for operators and device makers.