Company Profile: A large employment application screening firm with multiple locations needed help with their current Verizon expenditures to reduce costs, clean up circuits and install new services. Challenge: The Client had a coterminous contract with Verizon Services for distributed network services on two disparate networks and dedicated Internet access. Relations with Verizon were not […]
Retailers today are looking for all the cost cutting ideas they can to ward off shutting stores. We worked with one retailer recently to focus on their telecom spend to help them reduce costs. Company Profile: The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. was seeking to strengthen their financial position by reducing costs across 62 of their stores. […]
The 4TelecomHelp new 4T-Titan TEM SaaS platform is live! Our new, fully integrated platform streamlines the foundation of our telecommunications consulting services for TEM, WEM and Provisioning. 4T-Titan supports our four pillars of telecom management focusing on inventory, account management, operations and expenses. This approach goes deeper into the detail to provide more information about […]
We joined 68 other telecom and technology leaders last month at the bi-annual TEMIA Members Conference in New Orleans, TEMIA 2017. The Telecom Expense Management Industry Association is the authoritative voice for Technology and Telecom Expense Management and Solutions Providers and related areas. TEMIA’s mission is: Expanding the size of the market Fostering ongoing performance […]
4TelecomHelp announces their new 4T-Titan platform. The fully integrated SaaS platform developed by Juvo Technologies will streamline the technical foundation for its telecommunications consulting services. “Juvo’s ‘Four Cornerstone’ approach to telecom management focusing on inventory, contracts, operations and expenses aligns perfectly with ours,” Jill Plouffe, 4TelecomHelp President, says. “With all the consolidation and exits in […]
The first step in understanding telecommunications is to learn the lingo. TELECOMMUNI-WHAT Personally, my employment background consists of retail, banking, and finance for the last 15 years. Life has a funny way of preparing you for the future in that sometimes it just doesn’t. I have had the pleasure of working in Telecommunications for the […]
Customers change POTS Service Providers for various reasons. It could be to reduce monthly rates, consolidate billing or get better customer service and tech support. Knowing the steps before can make the process much easier. In most cases, POTS lines can be ported from one Carrier to another Carrier without interruption to service. There […]
4TelecomHelp Inc. is a telecommunications consulting and outsourcing firm created to assist businesses with every aspect of their telecom services including telecom auditing, telecom installation management, wireless cost management and telecom expense management. Our services are very dynamic and designed to support any size organization and budget for our customers. The company focuses exclusively on […]
If you are looking for special pricing on carrier services with waived install charges, first and foremost check and ask for special promotions. If you cannot get fees waived, sometimes it pays to comparison shop, a carrier will sometimes negate activation fees when you threaten to walk away. Some carriers will waive an install charge […]
One of the biggest worries any business can have relates to one of their top spend areas like IT and Telecom. Even bigger is the worry when they handle management of those areas to another company – and whether or not that company is trustworthy. Once your company is large enough that you need to […]
Many companies are aware of the short term benefits of telecom expense management. Most companies promise the same thing, and it’s an easy promise to make. The first year you outsource to a professional telecom expense management company, you should see substantial savings. For some companies, it’s as much as 40 to 50% or more […]
The daily grind of managing a franchise may seem relatively simple. Things that work well as a franchise are often easy enough to set up, get running, and then handle on a day to day basis. You, savvy business owner that you are, probably aren’t the person who manages the store, hotel, or kiosk on […]
We are, understandably, very much looking forward to the AOTMP conference taking place in just a couple short weeks. Like most of you who have attended for a few years, we’re very much excited about the move to a new location. After the conference, maybe we can check out Sea World, since it’ll be so […]
As we grow and add more experienced TEM specialists to our staff, there’s been much knowledge exchanged on the best practices in TEM. That exchange of knowledge has led to discussion around one of the most prominent mistakes commonly made when managing telecom expenses, and how to avoid it. By far, one of the biggest […]