In a recent post over at Channel Partners, Joe Basili did a great job of boiling down why master agents, IT consultants and MSPs would care about telecom expense management.
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TEM Training Showcases Complexity of Telecom Management
I ran across an interesting article today promoting a class for Telecom Expense Management training called “Best Pactices for Wired and Wireless Network Cost Control“. It is a two day seminar that will set you back eighteen hundred dollars, and the list they cover is daunting to say the least. What it really illustrates nicely is how complex telecom expense management really is if you try to tackle it yourself. Just as an excerpt…
Valicom is Taking TEM to IT at CompTIA Breakaway Aug 1-4
Telecom expense management (TEM) firm Valicom will be participating in CompTIA’s annual Breakaway in Washington DC August 1-4 to showcase their SaaS telecom and wireless expense management platform Clearview. Utilizing the web-based TEM software, IT consultants and IT solution providers can expand their service offering and increase revenues through white label and profit-sharing partnerships. This offers a unique opportunity to enter the lucrative telecom management market.
Third Party Telecom Billing – or “Cramming” – Sparks Senate Hearing
A common problem addressed in a telecom expense management or telecom invoice auditing program is third party billing, known as “cramming”. TEM firms have long known that this is a problem on landline invoices, and now it is creeping onto cell phone bills too. And Congress is taking notice. A recent report, and a Senate hearing yesterday, are shedding light on the problem and suggesting changes to help remedy it.
Invasion of the Tablets: iPad Accounts for 25.5% of all Mobile Browsing
A variety of articles recently have been discussing that iPads account for 1% of all current internet traffic. That’s not bad for one tablet, but then Apple launched the iPad 14 months ago with total sales topping 25 million devices. Last month, research firm comScore reported that the iPad comprised 89 percent of global tablet traffic. A May survey from Nielsen found Apple’s touchscreen tablet held 82 percent of the tablet market in the U.S. It will take a long time for any tablet competitor to catch up.
Don’t wait until your next Telecom RFP to get prepared
As we discussed in our recent webinar “Plugging the Leak: Software Tools and Strong Tactics to Contain Telecom & Wireless Costs”, telecom contract RFPs and negotiation are the #1 way to save money on telecom.
Insights from our latest webinar: Telecom Contract Negotiation – Talk softly but carry a big stick
As I discussed yesterday, we ran some polls during our latest webinar – “Plugging the Leak: How Software Tools & Strong Tactics Contain Telecom Costs” – with some interesting results. Well, not interesting to us – we know what causes our client’s pain – but maybe interesting to you.
Insights from our latest TEM webinar – The Pain of Telecom Invoice Auditing
While hosting our summer webinar we gained some insight into our audience’s telecom challenges. To help the attendees learn from their peers, and to keep them awake, we offered a few poll questions with interesting results….The first question asked what they...
Carriers Lucrative Texting Revenue Fizzles as Alternatives Grow
I have to say I found this news pretty interesting. I know the world is run by fees, but it hadn’t occurred to me how lucrative millions of thumbs-flying texting teens were to the wireless carriers. Those pennies-per-text or unlimited monthly package charges are a big part of their profitability. And they are about to make a big hole if they do start to fizzle out, as the talking heads are projecting.
Don’t Gamble With Your Telecom Budget: Make a Sure Bet with Valicom
Sorry, I couldn’t resist the gaming theme for today, as I’m sitting in Las Vegas at the WBENC 2011 Annual Supplier Diversity Conference at Mandalay Bay. Well, I’m sitting in a trade show hall, versus sitting by the pool, which is where I’d rather be. And where my husband probably is. He better go win me some money at craps later today to make up for that. Mama needs a new pair of shoes….
Valicom to Host Telecom Expense Management Discussion
Valicom, a Madison, WI-based provider of telecom expense management (TEM) solutions, announced it is offering a free webinar to show how best practices paired with cutting edge Web-based telecom expense management software tools help control telecom expenses.
Cloud Now – Cloud Forever. SaaS telecom expense management software and the future
Everywhere I turn its Cloud this and Cloud that. It’s starting sound like bad band names from the 70s, or children’s books. “Steve Jobs and The Cloud” “Amazon and The Cloud” “Microsoft and The Cloud”. If I hear “To the Cloud!” one more time, I may have to plug my ears with wax. I suggest they make a Japanese horror movie and see if we can eradicate this rapidly-becoming-annoying menace – “Godzilla Vs The Cloud”. Personally, I think Godzilla would win. Especially with all that extra nuclear radiation floating around right now.
Supporting Supplier Diversity at WBENC 2011
One of the great things about working at Valicom is the ability to attend fantastic supplier diversity conferences throughout the year, like the WBENC Annual Conference in Las Vegas in June. Woman-owned, veteran-owned and minority-owned businesses are significant drivers of the national economy and these high-energy networking events are an inspiring way to connect with and help grow that community.
Why a Webinar? Telecom cost control tactics & software tools for 2011
We’re happy to finally be rolling out our anticipated summer 2011 webinar on telecom cost control tactics. And by tactics we mean what? Well, telecom expense management has a lot of facets. Firms are interested in how to control expenses for landline telephones, wireless devices, cell phones, smartphones, tablets, data services – the list is endless. We will go over the things you should be focusing on – where the best areas for savings are – and best practices in managing your telecom environment.
Telecom expense Management Service: Are you getting what you deserve?
Like any relationship worth having, is the relationship you have with your Telecom Expense Management (TEM) provider serving your company the way you expected, or producing the results you were told? If not, the time is NOW to take a look into your options.
Valicom Offers Webinar on Software Tools and Tactics to Contain Telecom & Wireless Costs
Valicom, a twenty year veteran of telecom expense management, is offering a free webinar to show how best practices paired with cutting edge web-based software tools help control telecom expenses.
The next lawsuit in mobile payments: PayPal sues Google
Well, it didn’t take long for the Google Mobile Wallet to cause a firestorm….PayPal has sued Google and two of its top execs, both former PayPal employees, for stealing trade secrets that helped the search company break into the multi-billion dollar mobile payments industry.
The Next Step in Mobile Payments: Google Wallet
In another good example of increasing telecom complexity, your smartphone is now your credit card. Google is leading the pack in processing mobile payments, by unveiling the Google Wallet NFC (Near Field Communications) payments program in New York City on Thursday. In a nutshell, it means that the time has come where you can search for, swipe and buy items from your phone, without ever taking your credit card out of your pocket.
Bringing Telecom Efficiency to the Utility Industry at EEI
I had the excellent opportunity last week to mingle and meet with a number of our nation’s largest energy utilities at their annual EEI conference in Seattle. In addition to drinking great Washington wines, and enjoying the seasonal Copper River salmon that had just come in, I learned a great deal about the challenges of taking our energy system into the future. Implementation of “smart grid” technology, the pressures to upgrade and expand energy delivery infrastructure, and the looming issue involved with a nation full of “plugged-in” electric cars mean that the industry is facing a variety of expenses and pressures.
Is the flexible paper phone the smart phone of the future?
As if technology hadn’t been moving fast enough, a group at Queen’s University in Canada has created the first smartphone you can bend.The so-called PaperPhone is a only a prototype right now, but its creator, Roel Vertegaal, believes the device, and flexible display technologies in general, will become commonplace in the future.
7 Ways SaaS Can Streamline Wireless & Telecom Management
As telecom grows in complexity, managing wireless and telecom costs becomes ever more difficult, while still being a critical way to control business expenses. New web-based software tools have entered the market that make managing telecom expenses easier, faster and more cost-effective.