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BT Expand Cimage document
management system throughout the UK
| BT Radio Structures is a unit within British Telecom plc,
which manages a network of over 250 radio transmission towers across the UK. The
towers
support a range of radio antennas used by BT and mobile telecommunications companies such
as Cellnet, Vodafone, and One 2 One. |
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The new Cimage system will allow BT Radio Structures' offices in London and Glasgow
to maintain and distribute electronically over 150,000 drawings and specifications,
including some 50,000 drawings created in AutoCAD, to over 30 BT offices around the United
Kingdom. The flexibility of the software and the accuracy of the information means that
data can be accessed in different ways, so novice and remote users can intuitively search
through the system via the BT intranet for viewing, printing and redlining of drawings and
specifications. |
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The new system provides BT's planning, installation and maintenance offices
throughout the UK with instant, online access to up-to-date information on drawings and
other records. This eliminates the present costly and time consuming practice of producing
and mailing large-format prints and microfilm around the country and has enabled BT to
move their drawing storage to an archive in Bracknell, freeing up valuable accommodation
space in Central London. In addition, remote users will no longer have to call the
Glasgow office to check the availability of space for antennas on the towers. Instead,
they will be able to call up information on the radio towers instantaneously from the
Cimage system at any time, 365 days a year.
Cimage DM Net software allows remote users to access information via their web browsers
and provides links to the Radio Solutions web site. This enables any authorized
user with
access to the BT Intranet to call up information from anywhere in the world. BT are now
planning to provide access to their suppliers and customers to enable them to access
information that will reduce lead times and eliminate mistakes. Rob Dunn, Manager, Radio
Structures |
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