Cable & Wireless Plc’s Cable & Wireless Communications Inc is to automate its circuit design functions with TecNet/Design, a new circuit provisioning system launched by Cincinnati Bell Information Systems earlier this year: Cables, which is the only US company other than AT&T to design its own network architecture and switching technology, was designing an in-house circuit provisioning system when Cincinnati asked it to serve as the TecNet/Design beta site – Cables accepted the offer as a cost-effective alternative and was first in line to purchase the system when it was formally introduced; TecNet/Design is conceived to aid in determining optimum circuit routes and automatically assigning facilities and equipment and enables users to customise design rules and variables unique to the company.
