The Globe and Mail
Any firm worth its commitment to connectivity provides its employees with mobile devices. But in the cost-cutting frenzy of a recession, companies are taking a second look at their expenses and cracking down on mobile fluff.
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Canadian Business
You'd rather lose a limb than give up your BlackBerry, but the odds are you're paying way more than you should for wireless service. How about $4,000 a year in unnecessary costs if your firm has just four cellphones? Or $250,000 a year if it has 200 wireless devices? These are just two examples of the waste encountered regularly by Avema Corp., a Toronto-based telecom expense management (TEM) firm.
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Network World Canada
The City of Toronto needs to conduct proactive audits and more frequent reviews of its telecom expenditure to avoid the type the mismanagement uncovered by the auditor general's report, some experts say. They were reacting to last week's report by Toronto Auditor General Jeffrey Griffiths, which revealed the City had grossly overspent on telecom products and services...
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itbusiness.ca
“It's not unusual to see these types of things happening in any large organization," said Yang. “They don't tend to have to same kinds of controls. Just from Bell Canada alone, you can have hundreds or thousands of bills. To go through all that month after month takes a lot of time.
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itbusiness.ca
“Cell phone usage within the corporation has increased significantly over the last ten years, yet few companies have implemented wireless spend policies and are struggling with how to manage this growing workload...
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Network World Canada
The Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey was spending about US$6,600 a month on its cell phone bills.Richard Young, telecom specialist for the Parsippany, N.J.-based company, saw this and knew he definitely needed to reduce costs. To help, Young ordered a booklet entitled "Seven Steps to Wireless Spend Policies" by Toronto-based Avema Corp.
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Silicon Valley North
Major telecom companies announcing soaring wireless profits, while corporate cellphones costs are spiralling out of control. Coincidence? Cellphone usage has increased significantly over the last 10 years, yet few companies have implemented wireless spend policies and are struggling with how to manage this growing workload...
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IT World Canada
Negotiation is an art that can help companies significantly save on its cell phone bills. Roger Yang, CEO of Avema Corporation, a Toronto-based telecom expense management firm, said companies who negotiate cell phone rates with vendors and implement appropriate spend policies experience cost savings of up to 60 to 70 per cent...
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Canadian Treasurer
Telecom costs may be one of their top five costs, but companies often spend more than necessary. Here's why.