Management and Monitoring of Telecommunication System in Electric Power Transmission Company

In process of operative costs reduction in companies that base their business on telecommunication systems and networks employment, application of management tool selection concept represents important solution. Therefore, in this paper, short survey of general principles and approaches in telecommunication networks management from viewpoint of application on telecommunication system used by Electric Power Transmission Company (EPS) is given. EPS´s optical telecommunication network, represents complex, branched, ring structured network, realized by high capacity OPGW technology, with total lenght around 3.000 km, which critical services require exceptional availability of links. Also, this complex network demands efficient management and monitoring system. Regarding special aspects that need to be considered when management system is projected, the paper treats analysis of available management organization options and discusses possibility for appropriate applications on concrete situation.