Telecom Invoice Audit & Recovery

Managing and monitoring your telecom invoices are both key factors in telecom expense management.

To conduct business today, we know you need tools and you need technology. This means telephones, mobile phones, pagers, expensive high-speed internet connections, laptops with wireless capabilties, the list goes on and on. And, over time, the list not only gets longer as new gadgets hit the market, but the number of people within your organization who needs these things goes up. All of that leads to complexity, and complexity can lead to errors.

Forrester Research estimates that “billing errors average 5% to 12% of ongoing telecom services budgets”. We would concur with that. In our 20+ years of doing telecom audits, we’ve found that over 35% of invoices have some type of error. And if you’re not watching for them, you don’t see them.

Clearview - our telecom expense management software - is designed to automate getting telecom invoice data into the system, and once it's there, help with reviewing the invoice for accuracy. During the invoice audit process, common issues can become visible, problems like 3rd party billing, slamming & cramming, long-distance charges on local invoices, etc. Valicom can also help you set custom validation rules, so you can track your data the way you want.

Then, once the errors or overbillings are identified, the process of working with your telecom vendor to recover that money can begin. 

This enhanced visibility also allows you to evaluate if you're getting the best deal for your various services and devices, or if you have more infrastructure than you need.  That can save money too!

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