Telecommunications Cost Management

Here's a practical cost management guide to the complex world of voice, data and wireless telecommunications for the non-technical business professional. Examining the complex, highly technical telecommunications industry from an insider's point of view, it sifts through all the technical jargon, offers a comprehensive education on the applications, services and procurement of telecom products, and provides a strategy to effectively manage the costs of those products and services. The book enables you to: understand telecom services; audit phone bills; reduce the cost of existing services and eliminate unnecessary ones; and efficiently negotiate new contracts and services. This informative resource explains how providers of telecommunications services interwork and compete, focusing on pricing structures and options. Each section of this volume contains cost management advice, explains the technologies and service offerings of carriers, and illustrates complex concepts with case studies of companies in today's marketplace. Filled with cost management charts and graphics, problems to solve, and featuring an extensive reference section with terms and PIC codes, the book gives you the necessary tools to understand and reduce telecommunication costs.

Managing telecom expenses is not easy; whats more, the larger the organization is, the more complicated that management gets. In Telecom Expense Management for Large Organizations, authors Luiz Augusto de Carvalho and Claudio Basso, who have each worked for more than a decade in the telecommunications industry, share their wealth of knowledge so you can slash expenses and manage business properly. This practical guide is divided into five sections: managerial issues, managerial processes, bill processing, traffic analysis and specific aspects. Each section builds upon the previous one, helping you contract and negotiate with telecom service providers; design a well-controlled telecom structure; oversee the inventory of assets and services; manage contracts, processes, and challenges; and process invoices and navigate auditing processes. This book discusses several techniques which will help you to organize the telecom cost/expenses management in your organization. Take control of your organizations future and plot a path that can help you enhance the quality of your telecom expenses management .

Busy decision-makers need the specifics quickly, without plowing through details that do not affect the economics of a project. Telecommunications Cost Management presents the key facts up front, with sample calculations for broadband, local access, equipment, and service alternatives. It provides a blueprint for cost reduction across all major technologies - from frame relay to IP telephony to contract recommendations. The text presents scenarios showing the effect of different architectural strategies for both voice and data communications. An Architectural Review lists alternatives to the traditional PBX and discusses how to minimize local access costs.

This straightforward book will provide you with the insight necessary to save your organization revenue through the processes of bill auditing, expense reduction, and savvy contract negotiations. Information technology professionals will find the authors' suggestions useful, and yet uncomplicated to implement. After you have used their suggestions

This book is written about telecom managers, for telecom managers. Roger Yang, CEO of Avema Corporation, takes a close look at the profession of telecom management, its role in an organization, and the value that it brings. Telecom professionals in several countries around the world were interviewed to determine what the best of them have in common. From job satisfaction, to recognition, and results, what makes the difference? How can telecom professionals use this knowledge to improve their own careers? Included are some case studies, and a thorough analysis of what makes telecom managers tick. Also included in this book: 7An outline of how to increase the Return On Investment (ROI) of the telecom department, including ways to reduce costs, and increase revenue 7Specific information on managing wireless costs 7An analysis of telecom "power tools" to streamline administrative work, freeing up time for more valuable work 7How VoIP, amongst other upcoming changes, will transform the role of the telecom department, and what telecom managers can do to minimize their career risk, maximizing their opportunities

Learn how you can save your organization 50% on telecom, and increase service levels. Are you responsible for your company's telecom spending? Would you and your company benefit from lower costs and better service? Do you want to keep your vendors or switch? Are you under contract, or looking to re-negotiate? This book is here to help.Discover the principles and the step by step methods for managing spending on wireless, landline, voice, and data services. You will learn how to unlock hidden savings in piles of complex bills and multi-location, multi-vendor budgets. You can use these techniques to handle large and small numbers of bills, locations, and services. Standard spreadsheet applications can be used, no custom or expensive software is needed to provide basic telecom expense management as well as automation and reporting.You'll learn to discover what you don't know you don't know. You'll be able to achieve zero based budgeting.Learn how to:Find savings by eliminating billing errors, removing unused services, consolidating underused services, and negotiating fair market rates or better.Align spending to your contracts, business needs, and the marketplace.Look like a hero saving 20% to 60% in complex multi-vendor, multi-location $100,000 a year, or more, telecom budgets.This book also includes:An explanation of how billing errors aren't the biggest problem.Clear checklists showing you the steps to savings.The 57 different things you must do to fully optimize telecom costs.The 102 different things you need to watch out for in contracts. About the author: Anders D. MikkelsenAnders is the founder of Berlin Pacific, a Telecom Expense Management consulting firm. He has over 20 years of professional experience in IT, Telecom, and Vendor Management, helping companies improve performance through implementing solutions that lower costs and solve business problems. A native of Princeton, New Jersey, and a graduate of Colgate University, he lives in New York City.www.berlinpacific.comBook Includes:A detailed "Step by Step Guide to Managing Telecom Costs" for both wireless and landline telecom.As well as bonus materials:Top 7 Ways to Overpay Your VendorsThe Truth about Managing Telecom CostsTop Myths about Managing Telecom CostsContinual Improvement Best Practices for Telecom Expense ManagementTelecom Expense Management Self AssessmentIT Financial MetricsThoughts on the Future and Cloud ComputingAdvice on Vendor ManagementVolume Commitment Telecom Agreements With a Focus on AT&T's MARC Contracts and YouHosted VoIP Contracts with a Focus on How to Protect YourselfThe SLA - Service Level AgreementWhy Does Anyone Need a Telecom Expense Manager?Optimizing Spending on Services

Managing telecom expenses is not easy; what’s more, the larger the organization is, the more complicated that management gets. In Telecom Expense Management for Large Organizations, authors Luiz Augusto de Carvalho and Claudio Basso, who have each worked for more than a decade in the telecommunications industry, share their wealth of knowledge so you can slash expenses and manage business properly. This practical guide is divided into five sections: managerial issues, managerial processes, bill processing, traffic analysis and specific aspects. Each section builds upon the previous one, helping you contract and negotiate with telecom service providers; design a well-controlled telecom structure; oversee the inventory of assets and services; manage contracts, processes, and challenges; and process invoices and navigate auditing processes. This book discusses several techniques which will help you to organize the telecom cost/expenses management in your organization. Take control of your organization’s future and plot a path that can help you enhance the quality of your telecom expenses management .

This straightforward book will provide you with the insight necessary to save your organization revenue through the processes of bill auditing, expense reduction, and savvy contract negotiations. Information technology professionals will find the authors' suggestions useful, and yet uncomplicated to implement. After you have used their suggestions to identify possible errors or optimization opportunities, the book details what steps need to be taken to secure the associated recoveries or service changes, including contact and phone numbers. In addition, their contract negotiation tips could save your organization dollars up front by providing information you need at the bargaining table. This important tool is a must-have for all information technology professionals. ;