Benchmarking

How to Use Benchmarking to Reduce Telecom Costs

How to Use Benchmarking to Reduce Telecom Costs

Benchmarking is an extremely helpful process for companies as they prepare for a Telecom Request For Proposal (RFP). However, many organizations don’t take advantage of it?

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Telecom benchmarking: Accessing Inside Info

Telecom benchmarking: Accessing Inside Info

When you’re trying to price telecom services, accessing benchmark pricing data is well worth the effort and cost to obtain. This data will paint you with a clear picture of where your services could be from a pricing standpoint, and also helps you make savings estimates by service type.

Telecom Spend: The Proactive Approach

Telecom Spend: The Proactive Approach

How can I reduce my telecom spend? That moment you open up a telecom invoice, and see exactly what is due next month. Your telecom spend is out of control – and you don’t quite know how to get it back in order, or  where you even went wrong. Your staff has the devices they need, and the contracts were painstakingly reviewed and negotiated by your team

TEM Services: The Proactive Approach

TEM Services: The Proactive Approach

Valicom offers the absolute smorgasbord of telecom services! Our a la carte service menu options means that you pick only the telecom expense management (TEM) services you want and need. Our mission is to help our clients reduce their telecom expenses. We do this by offering robust telecom contract and invoices services. Mix and match them. Every telecom environment is a little bit different.

Don't Sit on the Bench, Benchmark!

Don't Sit on the Bench, Benchmark!

Are you in charge of reducing business costs by negotiating your telecom and data contracts? If so, you may be wondering if you are being offered the lowest rates.The standard for your industry has been set by benchmarking, how else do you know how you stack up against the competition? Why not take the same approach to further help reduce your telecom expenses?

To Cut Telecom Costs in 2011, Plan in 4th Quarter 2010

To Cut Telecom Costs in 2011, Plan in 4th Quarter 2010

I know this sounds like something your mother would tell you, but looking ahead and making good decisions in the present can lead to good things in the future.  As 2010 starts to wind down in its fourth quarter, firms are making decisions about what to spend, and what NOT to spend, in 2011.   Essentially, it’s budgeting time for many departments, and with IT costs set to rise with Windows 7 deployment, increasing security issues, and higher demands for wireless devices and data plans, finding ways to save money before you spend it is not a bad idea.