52% build savings.
Network-safe at every layer.
Telecom codebases are 50% boilerplate — CRUD endpoints, provisioning wrappers, test harnesses. Tiered routing pushes that volume to Flash-Lite. 5G architecture, anomaly detection, and SLA disputes stay on Opus. Right model, right task.
Claude Opus 4.8
Orchestrator — SLA disputes, architecture, churn
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Executor — provisioning, billing adapters, NOC
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite
Routine — status lookups, CRUD, tests, docs
AA scores from Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (Jun 2026). Higher = stronger reasoning.
Network Automation Platform SDLC
Half of telecom platform development is repetitive scaffolding — test suites, CRUD endpoints, OpenAPI docs, Dockerfiles. Flash-Lite handles those at $0.025/task. Opus handles 5G architecture and regulatory compliance.
Design 5G network slicing architecture for enterprise SLAs
Novel architecture requiring deep 3GPP standards knowledge and reasoning about latency, bandwidth isolation, and multi-tenant guarantees.
Build real-time anomaly detection engine for KPI monitoring
Statistical modeling over streaming network metrics — threshold selection, false-positive suppression, and correlation analysis across sites.
Implement FCC regulatory compliance tracking engine
Legal and technical complexity of US telecom regulation — CALEA, net neutrality, spectrum license conditions — requires precise legal reasoning.
Design subscriber churn prediction model with causal inference
Causal ML modeling to separate correlation from intervention effects — requires statistical depth to avoid spurious policy decisions.
Plan AI-powered NetOps agent orchestration graph
Multi-step agent pipeline with real-time data access, escalation logic, and PSTN-safe tool boundaries — requires careful architectural planning.
Build SIM provisioning workflow adapter
Provisioning APIs have carrier-specific quirks and retry semantics — needs judgment on error recovery and partial-success handling.
Write billing system integration wrappers
BSS/OSS integrations involve complex field mapping, currency handling, and tax jurisdiction logic across multiple billing platforms.
Scaffold 15 network ops dashboard components from Figma
Domain-specific charts (latency heatmaps, coverage grids) need judgment on data binding and responsive layout.
Write E2E tests for number port-out flow
Port-out workflows involve regulatory timing constraints and carrier API state machines — complex multi-step flows requiring strategic test coverage.
Build network policy rule parser for QoS configs
Policy DSL parsing with conflict detection and precedence resolution — requires understanding of telecom QoS concepts.
Generate unit tests for 35 network API endpoints
Repetitive test generation from clear API specs — pattern-based, well-defined output. No new reasoning required.
Write CRUD for device inventory management
Standard database operations on well-defined device registry schemas — mechanical substitution.
Generate OpenAPI docs from network service handlers
Extracting types and descriptions from existing handlers — pure documentation, no design decisions.
Add input validation to all provisioning forms
Repetitive Zod schema generation from TypeScript types — mechanical substitution.
Write seed data for 12 device types and plans
Generating realistic test fixture data within defined schemas — creative but bounded.
Create Storybook stories for network ops UI kit
Boilerplate generation from existing component props — entirely mechanical.
Write SQL migrations for subscriber records table
Standard DDL from a clear schema definition — no ambiguity in output.
Add error boundary wrappers to all portal routes
Repetitive wrapper pattern applied across known route files — copy-paste with substitution.
Generate i18n string keys for self-service portal
Mechanical extraction and mapping of UI strings across component files.
Write Docker configs for dev network simulation
Standard container configuration from established patterns — documented recipe.
Developers
15 devsSprints
13 sprintsTotal Project Cost Comparison
Selected: Gemini Tiered
Customer Support AI
60% of subscriber queries are routine — bill dates, data usage, basic troubleshooting. Flash-Lite handles those at a fraction of Opus cost. Billing disputes and enterprise SLA negotiations stay on Opus, where the wrong answer means churn.
Select a subscriber query
You've used 14.2 GB of your 50 GB plan this month. Your billing cycle resets on July 18.
You've used 14.2 GB of your 50 GB plan (28% used). Your cycle resets July 18. At this pace, you'll stay well within your limit.
You've used 14.2 GB of your 50 GB Unlimited Plus plan (28%). Billing cycle resets July 18. Based on your usage history, you're on track to use about 32 GB this month — well within your plan.
Queries / Month
6.0MPer-Query Cost (×1000 = $/K queries)
Annual Savings vs All-Opus
$1.1M
75% reduction · 60% of queries on Flash-Lite at $0.0011/query
Contract & SLA Analysis
Flash scans 150-page carrier agreements in seconds to extract the relevant clauses. Opus reasons over those clauses to identify SLA breaches, unfavorable terms, and credit obligations. Pure Flash misses the nuances that cost millions in disputes.
Select a contract type
Per-Document Cost — Enterprise Network SLA
Analysis Pipeline Race
Contracts / Year
200Pure Opus
$100.00
Hybrid
$41.80
Flash
$27.60
Hybrid vs Pure Opus
$58.20 saved/yr
58% reduction at 200 contracts/yr · same Opus-quality legal reasoning
Network Operations Agent
Monitors 50,000 cell sites 4× per day — pulling KPI metrics, anomaly alerts, incident tickets, and config changes. 14 data-fetch steps run on Flash; site prioritization and dispatch decisions stay on Opus where PSTN-safety matters.
Planner — Opus
Executors (14) — Gemini Flash
Reviewer — Opus
Click any node to inspect token counts and cost
Cost per site run
Sites / Run
50K4 runs/day · 365 days/yr
Annual Cost
Annual Savings
$30.7M
52% reduction · Opus on 2 of 16 steps only
Where model economics become business outcomes
Six routing strategies applied to the same SignalOS workload. Cost is calculated from existing token volumes; quality, latency, governance, and value remain inspectable.
Cheapest everywhere is quality-infeasible. Best everywhere wastes spend. Workload-aware routing reaches the efficient frontier; GEAP pushes it further when governance and business value enter the decision.
Lifecycle Summary
SignalOS savings across Build → Run → Extend, at your current slider settings.
Build Savings (one-time)
All-Frontier
$0
Tiered
$0
Run Savings (annual)
All-Frontier
$0
Tiered
$0
Extend Savings (annual)
All-Frontier
$0
Tiered
$0
All-Frontier vs Tiered — By Phase
Total Annual Savings
$0
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Tiered AI Insight
50% Flash-Lite on routine tasks (tests, CRUD, status lookups) cuts build costs to $0.025/task. Opus stays on 25% of tasks — 5G architecture, churn prediction, and billing disputes — where a wrong answer has contractual consequences.
The NetOps agent is the clearest ROI: 14 of 16 steps run on Flash at a fraction of Opus cost, with Opus making the dispatch and escalation decisions that matter.