VC4 Service2Create · Since 2004

From network inventory to autonomous operations.

Service2Create (S2C) is VC4's flagship cloud-native, low-code/no-code platform, and it has grown well beyond telecom network inventory management, network planning and design. It turns your physical, logical, virtual and service infrastructure into one living, AI-ready digital twin, covering fiber, IP, optical, mobile, power and transport networks. S2C discovers, reconciles and automates everything you own, so telecom operators, utilities, railways, governments and enterprises can plan faster, operate smarter and move steadily toward autonomous networks.

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20+ years
Of OSS and inventory expertise
180+ interfaces
Proven network integrations
ISO 27001
Certified information security
TM Forum
ODA member
Why visibility comes first

You can't automate what you can't see.

The goals on every boardroom agenda are autonomous operations, faster time to revenue, lower cost to serve, resilient critical infrastructure and AI. All of them depend on one thing: a trusted, real-time picture of what you own and how it connects. Most organizations still don't have it. Their network inventory and infrastructure management is spread across separate domain teams, legacy tools and spreadsheets that go out of date the moment they're saved.

Service2Create closes that gap. It brings every domain into one continuously reconciled digital twin. It then puts that twin to work through ten integrated modules, low-code workflows, open APIs and built-in AI. The result is decisions based on fact, automation you can trust, and a platform that grows with your strategy instead of holding it back.

Living Digital Twin

A real-time model of your physical, logical, virtual and service layers. Auto-discovery and closed-loop reconciliation against the live network keep it accurate.

Multi-Domain by Design

Fiber and outside plant, IP/MPLS, optical, mobile and 5G, subsea, power grid and trackside assets, all in one model. Any vendor, any generation, any sector.

Ready for Autonomous Operations

Closed-loop workflows, impact analysis and a built-in AI assistant help teams move from manual tasks to intent-driven, automated operations, step by step along the TM Forum Autonomous Networks journey.

Cloud-Native. Low-Code/No-Code.

Set up data models, workflows, forms and reports without custom code. Run it as SaaS in 40+ cloud regions or on-premises, and go live within a month with Cloud Starter.

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See it in action

These aren't mock-ups. They're real S2C screens on a live fiber network. Follow the three steps an engineer takes: from a street-level map, through the network layers, down to an individual fiber splice, without ever leaving the platform.

Service2Create GIS map of a fiber network with Google Streetview panel

01 Start on the map

The whole outside plant at street level on OpenStreetMap, Google, ESRI or Bing, with Google Streetview alongside, so your team sees the actual cabinet or manhole before a truck ever rolls.

Service2Create GIS map of an FTTH GPON network in Almere with a circuit path traced from OLT to ONT

02 Take control of layers

Toggle trenches, ducts, manholes, sites and floorplans on and off as live layers. Every object on the map is clickable and opens its full inventory record, one click from map to data.

Service2Create fiber tree from OLT to ONT

03 Drill to the fiber

From the same map, open graphical splicing diagrams and interactive manhole butterfly views. Complex fiber splits, cassettes and connections, managed visually, not in spreadsheets.

20+ years
OSS and inventory expertise
10 modules
Integrated in one platform
180+ adapters
NMS / NE interfaces
1 source
Of truth for every team
The VC4 way

One network. One truth. One loop.

A network is never finished, it loops. You plan against it, build into it, operate on it, and feed every change straight back into the source of truth. S2C closes that loop, so your inventory never drifts from reality.

01 Plan & Design

Design rollouts and expansions with S2C Designer on the live network: auto-routed paths, real capacity, real constraints, what-if scenarios on data you can trust.

02 Build & Roll Out

Work orders, BOM/BOQ and warehouse logistics flow straight from the design. Field teams get maps, splicing diagrams and tasks; as-built feedback lands back in inventory automatically.

03 Operate & Assure

Impact analysis, trouble tickets and SLA management keep services running. Single-point-of-failure detection and AI-assisted troubleshooting shrink time to resolve.

04 Integrate & Automate

RESTful APIs and auto-discovery connect S2C to your CRM, billing, ERP and live network elements: the loop closes itself, and the truth stays true.

S2C AI Assistant

Talk to your data.

No technical expertise. No complex queries. The S2C AI Assistant understands natural language. Just ask, and let the intelligence of S2C transform your data into meaningful actions. Actionable answers in seconds, so you spend your time making critical decisions, not hunting for data.

Smart Reporting Network Problem Solving Data Correlation Geo-Processing Task Automation Guided Troubleshooting

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S2C Designer

Design and reality, on the same map.

Great rollouts start on the map, not in a spreadsheet. S2C Designer is Service2Create's planning and design environment, where FTTH, P2P fibre and duct expansions are drawn directly against the live network. Every design is validated against real trenches, ducts and capacity, and every approved build flows straight back into inventory as-built.

  • Plan on the live network, not a stale export
  • New routes reuse the ducts you already own
  • Splice plans and BOM/BOQ from the design
  • As-built feedback keeps inventory accurate
S2C Designer GIS map and street view of a planned fibre route, shown on a desktop monitor
01

Design

Map your network using GIS tools, import data, and configure templates for your infrastructure.

02

Automate

Let our algorithms optimise fibre routing, equipment placement, duct hierarchy, and cost estimation.

03

Deploy

Hand designs to field teams, manage work orders, track construction progress, and commission services.

What it means for your business

Built for the decisions that matter.

Faster time to revenue

Design, build and activate services on data you can trust, with no rework or redrawing.

Lower cost to serve

Recover stranded capacity, retire duplicate tools and cut unnecessary truck rolls.

Protected critical services

See the impact of every fault and planned work before your customers feel it.

A future-proof architecture

Open APIs, TM Forum ODA alignment and a cloud-native core, ready for AI and automation at scale.

Platform migration

Is your inventory platform holding you back?

Many operators still rely on inventory and GIS tools that were built for a single-vendor world and are now reaching end of support. Service2Create gives you a future-proof, multi-vendor platform for inventory and GIS. It comes with a proven, ETL-driven migration path that moves your data across safely, accurately and without disrupting operations.

  • 180+ proven network interfaces
  • Structured, validated ETL migration
  • Trusted by operators worldwide
Use-case scenarios

See it working for operators like you.

Real networks, real operators. Watch how teams around the world put Service2Create to work then picture it on your own network.

Layer 1 · Live network

It starts with what is really out there.

NMSs, network elements and the outside plant itself. S2C talks to every vendor and every generation, over whatever interface the equipment speaks.

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Layer 2 · Discovery and reconciliation

Compared with the record, every day.

Auto-discovery reads the network and reconciliation matches every object against the master inventory. Changes are accepted automatically or routed into a workflow.

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Layer 3 · Unified inventory

One model for every kind of asset.

Physical, logical, virtual and service inventory, correlated across all layers. From a manhole on the map down to a single fiber splice, in one click.

Layer 4 · Ten modules

Put the data to work.

GIS, planning, orders and trouble tickets, impact analysis, reporting and more. Every module reads and writes the same inventory, so nothing drifts between teams.

Layer 5 · BSS / OSS

Connected to the rest of the business.

Open APIs and the S2C Web API link S2C to CRM, ERP, billing, workforce, alarm and performance management. Multi-vendor by design.

Built for your network

Born in telecom. Built for every infrastructure owner.

Telecom operators, utilities, railways, smart cities, ports, governments and financial institutions all run critical networks they need to see, trust and keep developing. Service2Create gives each of them the same advantage: one digital twin of their infrastructure, configured for their sector rather than coded from scratch.

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What our customers say

In their own words.

VC4 understands our needs and gives us the required support. They bring passion and experience in their work, they are open for new ideas and challenges. We highly recommend VC4.
BT
VC4 was the company that better met our requirements in terms of quality and price. Our relationship has been very fruitful...their platform adds extraordinary value.
RedIRIS
VC4-IMS is a major factor in the operation of our network and services. It allows us to deliver high customer satisfaction. We strongly recommend VC4 as experts in their field.
Mobily
During the pandemic, we received many new service requirements – we achieved them all. We didn't miss a thing. IMS from VC4 helped us to achieve that.
Telxius
With their experience in the NREN community, VC4-IMS was strategic for the success of GÉANT. GÉANT was able to benefit from the standard offering of VC4-IMS with minor customisations.
GÉANT
The coverage of all network layers (Fiber KML up to L2/L3 services) and creating trouble tickets makes VC4-IMS a fundamental part of our network administration and NOC activities.
SURFnet
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The questions people ask when they first meet VC4. Want the full picture? Our FAQ covers modules, migration, security and licensing in depth or ask our team directly.

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It's the practice of documenting every asset in a network (trenches, ducts, fiber, splices, racks, equipment, ports, IP addresses and services) and how they connect, then keeping that record accurate as the network changes. Done well, it gives operators one reliable source of truth for planning, building, operating and selling network services.
Service2Create is VC4's cloud-native, low-code/no-code platform for network inventory and infrastructure management. It consolidates physical, logical, virtual and service assets into a single source of truth, with GIS, S2C Designer planning and design, workflows, reporting, impact analysis and a built-in AI assistant: ten integrated modules on one platform.
Service2Create was previously known as VC4-IMS (Inventory Management System), VC4's flagship OSS network inventory platform, trusted by telecom operators, utilities, enterprises, railways and governments worldwide for nearly two decades before it evolved into Service2Create. It's the same proven platform, developed continuously since 2004, under a new name.
The name IMS described what the platform recorded: the network inventory. But over twenty years it grew far beyond a system of record: today it plans, designs, builds, operates and helps monetise networks end to end. Service2Create reflects that shift: from simply documenting the network to actively creating the services that run on it. Same proven foundation, trusted since 2004; a name that matches everything the platform does now.
VC4 is an independent Dutch software company, founded in 2004 and headquartered in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. We do one thing: Service2Create, and we've spent over twenty years doing it for telecom operators, utilities, enterprises, railways and governments worldwide. VC4 is ISO 27001 certified and a TM Forum ODA member.
Fiber and outside plant (FTTx, GPON), WDM/DWDM/OTN optical networks, MPLS and IP, SDN/SD-WAN, mobile core and RAN, microwave and subsea. Any vendor, any network generation. Auto-discovery interfaces reconcile the live network against the inventory continuously, so the data stays true.
Both. S2C is available as a secure SaaS solution hosted by VC4 (across 40+ cloud regions worldwide, with a Cloud Starter that can be live within a month), or deployed on-premises within your own environment and security perimeter.
Book a live demo: our team walks the platform on real network data, tailored to your use cases. Prefer to explore first? Watch the use-case videos or download the platform brochure from our resources section.

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