Preview "Telecommunications Cost Management" in a new window.

Telecommunications Cost Management

Authors

Book Description

Here’s a practical cost management guide to the complex world of voice, data and wireless telecommunications for the non-technical business professional. Examining the complex, highly technical telecommunications industry from an insider’s point of view, it sifts through all the technical jargon, offers a comprehensive education on the applications, services and procurement of telecom products, and provides a strategy to effectively manage the costs of those products and services. The book enables you to: understand telecom services; audit phone bills; reduce the cost of existing services and eliminate unnecessary ones; and efficiently negotiate new contracts and services.

Thisinformative resource explains how providers of telecommunications servicesinterwork and compete, focusing on pricing structures and options. Each sectionof this volume contains cost management advice, explains the technologies andservice offerings of carriers, and illustrates complex concepts with casestudies of companies in today’s marketplace. Filled with cost management chartsand graphics, problems to solve, and featuring an extensive reference sectionwith terms and PIC codes, the book gives you the necessary tools to understandand reduce telecommunication costs.Contents:Introduction- Introduction. IndustryBackground. The Complete Do-It-Yourself Telcom Audit. Local Service -Local Service Overview. Line Charges. Local Calls. Intralata Calling. LongDsitance Calls on Local Bills. Managing Your Payphones. CSRs: Auditing YourCustomer Service Records.LongDistance - Long Distance Overview. Long Distance Pricing. ContractDiscounts. Dedicated Service.DataNetworking - Data Networking Overview. Dedicated Private Lines. CircuitSwitching. Packet Switching. New Data Networking Technologies.WirelessService – Wireless Service Overview. Mobile Phone Rate Plans. Airtime. Paging.StrategicManagement – Contract Negotiation. The Request for Proposal Process.Appendix.

In The Press

About the Author

Read on Your Favourite Devices

to find out more

Ebook Permissions

to find out more

About this Ebook

File formats
This ebook is available in:
The publisher has not yet supplied format information.
Pre-order formats shown are based on publisher intent and may change before release.
File sizes shown are an approximation. The actual download size will vary based on the application you use to read the book.
Publisher
Published
; Copyright:
ISBNs
Title
Series
Author
;
Edition
Imprint
Language
Number of Pages
Page count shown is an approximation provided by the publisher. The actual page count will vary based on various factors such as your device's screen size and font-size.