Latest Telecommunications Audit News: AT&T Wireless Data Plan Can Lower Your Business Expense
Savvy Wireless telecom audit companies and their clients expect to reap huge savings because a new tiered usage plan that will enable them to more accurately match users with the most cost efficient data usage and thus significantly lower costs by millions of dollars each month.
A new AT&T plan called DataPlus will provide 200 megabytes of data for $15 per month. The potential cost savings for business is huge. As an example, for a typical fortune 500 company with 50,000 of their users who could qualify for the lower data rates, that would mean a savings of a cool $750,000 per month or 9,000,000 per year!. Smart companies are already flocking to professional telecom audit companies and cell phone audit consultants to analyze their wireless data usage and predict their telecommunication savings. In the last few days, the phones have been ringing off the hook, according to reports from two top U.S. telecom audit companies.
The lower priced plan should be more appropriate for most wireless business users. AT&T says the new $15 dollar plan will be adequate for people who merely surf the web, send e-mail, and use applications like Facebook. The data allowance is enough for more than 1,000 emails, hundreds of Web pages and several minutes of streaming video. Video usage is what really tends to tax a lot of bandwidth so users should minimize downloading videos if at all possible and stick to vital business applications if possible for maximized cost savings. A good company wireless policy and cell phone policy should address these user features and options and their potential costs to the company.
Another option is called DataPro which will provide two gigabytes of data per month (10 times more than DataPlus) for $25 per month. Average savings of users on this plan because of lower telecom taxes and surcharges on the new service is about $15 per month.
Overall this is great news for consumers and businesses because it gives them more of a choice in payment terms. More plan cost choices are always a great thing for lowering business telecom cost. According to telecom audit industry analysts, the potential for telecom cost savings is immense and could lead to millions of dollars in company cost savings. Businesses should move quickly to analyze their telecom invoices and adjust their wireless plans accordingly to save money. Telecommunications Expense Management software providers are likely scrambling to adjust their rates to take advantage of the new pricing.
Next week, we’ll report on how AT&T is handling our existing smartphone data clients and users as we report on the actual success or failure of switching of existing and new wireless data accounts to the new plans.
Although AT&T was forced to make this pricing change to better accommodate wireless network bandwidth service levels, a byproduct of this action by them is lower cost and more choice for consumers. Look for other wireless providers to adjust their plans accordingly.
If you need a cell phone bill audit or wireless data audit, contact the telecom audit professionals at 1-888-487-5326. A telecommunications audit can save your company millions of dollars. It is estimated that American businesses lose at least $38 billion dollars a year in because of telecom billing errors and unused telecommunications inventory.
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