ANAHEIM, Calif. -- OFC 2002 -- TelOptica, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent software systems for legacy and next generation optical networks, today launched Version 4.0 of DesignIQ™, the company’s integrated software suite which decreases design time by up to 90 percent. The enhanced software will benefit both Optical Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and communications carriers by further simplifying the design process for networks with multiple equipment from different suppliers deployed in various topologies.DesignIQ enables OEMs to assist their customers with “just in time” equipment deployment. This emerging deployment strategy benefits both the OEM and communications carriers by significantly reducing their inventories. In addition, OEMs can create and compare several network designs and provide their customers with immediate equipment estimates.“By working closely with OEMs and carriers, we’ve been able to enhance our groundbreaking DesignIQ product to meet today’s planning and design needs for both metropolitan and long haul optical networks,” said Michael Bernique, TelOptica’s president and chief executive officer. “With streamlined staffs and reduced spending, communications providers can no longer dedicate the weeks or months it traditionally takes to design a network.”In a separate release:TelOptica, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent software systems for legacy and next generation optical networks, today unveiled RouteIQTM Version 1.0, the company’s service fulfillment product for high capacity communication circuits. RouteIQ dramatically improves communication carriers’ service fulfillment processes by automating optical circuit design and leveraging advanced routing algorithms. RouteIQ – showcased at the Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) trade show – attacks the lengthy, error-prone service fulfillment processes head-on through intelligent circuit design capabilities and quality improvements in network topology and resource information. Communications providers can deploy RouteIQ within their current service fulfillment environments without disruption to their current business processes.Benefits from RouteIQ can easily amount to tens of millions of dollars in annual cost savings and revenue enhancements. “Communications providers typically face high service fulfillment costs, labor-intensive manual processes, inaccurate data, and skyrocketing fulfillment failure rates with their current provisioning processes,” said Michael Bernique, TelOptica’s president and chief executive officer. “Now, with RouteIQ, carriers have the service fulfillment improvements needed to compete – and turn a profit – in today’s economic landscape.”TelOptica Inc.For more information on OFC 2002, please visit: www.nottheofc.com