Understanding Wireless Telecom Expense Management for Optimizing Enterprise Networks

• Wireless invoice management - Reviewing monthly invoices, validating charges, disputing errors, and processing payments. Automation speeds up the validation and payment process.
• Wireless optimization - Evaluating usage patterns to right-size service plans. For example, pooling minutes and data across the organization to avoid overspending.
• Asset management - Maintaining device inventory, contract dates, and asset details to optimize lifecycles and prevent lost, stolen, or broken equipment.
• Usage monitoring - Tracking calling, messaging, and data usage trends at the organization and user level to identify needed policy changes.
• Contract negotiations - Leveraging enterprise size to negotiate better rates on networks, devices, and other services to create savings.
• Reporting and analytics - Generating reports on spending metrics, usage, and other insights to guide management.
  

As mobility and remote work grow, enterprises will need robust wireless TEM to take control of expenses and ensure networks serve emerging needs. TEM should become a standard toolset for any organization managing a fleet of mobile devices. Implementing the right mobile expense management provides the visibility, optimization, and automation needed to improve how enterprises manage and leverage wireless networks to conduct business.