| Wireless and cell phone services savings are | | | | of the best ways to save money on your cell |
| almost always possible but are rarely taken. | | | | phone and wireless services bills: |
| Organizations everywhere blindly over-pay for | | | | |
| their wireless and cell phone services and, the | | | | 1. Start a corporate account. |
| cellular companies do little or nothing to prevent it. | | | | 2. Ask for free phones. |
| The reason is simple. It generates billions of dollars | | | | 3. Downgrade plans for low-end users. |
| in incremental revenue annually for them! | | | | 4. Upgrade plans for high-end users. |
| Large or small, public or private, for-profit or | | | | 5. Use a carrier that automatically upgrades your |
| not-for-profit, heavy user or light user; the fact is, | | | | rate plan monthly. |
| most organizations (more than 80%) are | | | | 6. Upgrade from analog to digital service. |
| over-paying by 18% to 28% on average for their | | | | 7. Switch wireless long distance to your long |
| wireless and cell phone services. | | | | distance provider. |
| For most businesses today, cell phones and | | | | 8. Use prepaid wireless. |
| wireless broadband access have become a critical | | | | 9. Ensure proper discounts, rates and tariffs and |
| component of their day-to-day operations. For | | | | taxes are applied. |
| many, cell phone and wireless acquisition | | | | 10. Switch to a different wireless provider. |
| deployment has evolved over the years as a | | | | Another significant area to focus on is phone bill |
| decentralized function. And in an over-whelming | | | | errors. A report by the Gartner Group shows |
| number of companies, even some very large | | | | that 80 percent of phone bills have errors on |
| ones, no one really knows exactly how many cell | | | | them. Most (98%) of these errors are never |
| phones and wireless devices they have or who is | | | | found or reported. The 2% that are found and |
| actually using them. | | | | reported typically get resolved and receive a |
| I hear it from clients almost everyday, "Our cell | | | | refund from the phone company very quickly. |
| phone bills are completely out of hand! Last year | | | | The ten ideas listed above only represent a small |
| we spent x, this year we're spending more than | | | | fraction of the potential ways organizations can |
| twice that amount. Can you help us figure out | | | | save money on their wireless and cellphone |
| what we have, what we need and where we | | | | services bills. Constant changes in tariffs and plans |
| need to go?" High-energy, fast-paced companies | | | | create new opportunities for savings virtually |
| that desperately need mobile technology to | | | | every day. The true key to long term wireless |
| facilitate their business often find it hard to | | | | and cell phone services optimization is either |
| dedicate the time and expertise it takes to truly | | | | dedicating the time yourself to keep up with the |
| optimize and manage their cellular, mobile phone | | | | continual changes or hiring an expert to do it for |
| and PDA wireless services. | | | | you. |
| If you have the time and expertise, here are 10 | | | | |