Today’s Telecom Tuesday post is interesting because it’s a term that gets thrown around in the industry a lot, but it’s also a company. Broadsoft Broadsoft is a company whose name has become synonymous with the IP technology that enables the convergence of voice, data and video communications. Much like the word “Xerox”, which is …
Telecom by its very nature is fluid. Pricing plans are constantly changing in response to the competitive landscape. Features are added and forgotten. Phone lines are re-allocated. So the question of which solution (TEM or Audit) will give you the best return is actually better asked as, “When should I employ either solution to provide …
I’m sure you’ve heard the focus of today’s Telecom Tuesdays post being thrown around, and you’ve probably heard commercials about it, but do you actually know what it is, or how it can help your business? 4th Generation 4G is short for 4th generation of mobile telecommunications technology. 1G was used from 1981-1992 and it …
Since there’s no “one-size-fits-all” solution for managing the telecom expenses of every business, how do you go about determining which solution is best for you? We recommend that before you start exploring solutions, you first understand your needs. This will not only give you the means to make the best decision possible, it will also …
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In today’s Telecom Tuesday post we discuss a hotly debating topic in the telecommunications industry. Since wireless became a business necessity for many employees during the 90’s most companies picked a vendor or two and provided their employees with a phone. There really was not much difference in phones, their features and their capabilities, but …
(This post was originally published on LinkedIn July 1, 2014) Last summer’s smash TV hit, Stephen King’s Under the Dome, broke all sorts of ratings records. It was the highest drama summer premiere on any network since 1992. In doing so it bested all the other “Dome” shows out there, from the Sugar Dome (The …
For the past few weeks in the Telecom Tuesday posts we have talked about the Cloud and many of its services. If you read our blog or are familiar with the company, you know that we are the telecom experts. That’s why I love today’s post. It bridges the gap between cloud integrated IT and …
Manual telecom audits, as opposed to TEM software, employ the knowledge of an auditor (or a team of auditors) who do a thorough search through all of your company’s telecom related bills in order to find billing errors and identify cost reduction opportunities. Audits can generally take place every 12-18 months, with some audits offering …
We continue our telecom Tuesdays series with an acronym. If you have ever looked over your telecom bill, read up about your services or tried to read up about the industry in general, I am sure you have come across a bunch of acronyms. They loved to be used in this industry. Session Initiated Protocol …
