European telecoms ministers have rejected European Commission proposals to harmonize oversight of communication networks across Europe under a commission-controlled “super-regulator” that would have been able to overrule national decisions. The current position is to give the current European Regulators Group (ERG) a new name, but to keep its current loose co-ordination role that is able to take decisions by qualified majority.
Any idea of how employees use their mobile: what the personal vs. the business spend is and what the percentage roaming, data, SMS and international costs are? The annual Ezwim Telecom Monitor provides some real answers. A statistical analysis among Ezwim’s Telecom Expense Management user base offers an accurate and clear picture of how the corporate mobile is being used.
Industry analyst Informa released some figures showing that mobile phone sales is forecasted to slow significantly in developed markets and will not exceed 2% CAGR, smartphones are predicted to represent the major growth area. Informa thinks revenues from smartphone sales will represent over 55% of total market value in North America, Western Europe and Japan. Looking forward, it is becoming clear that, in these regions, handset vendors can no longer rely on mobile phone sales to sustain growth. They have to look at content creation and service offerings and product differentiation will increasingly shift from hardware to software.
To help enterprises survive the current economic meltdown. Gartner offers help by means of 25 tactical tips for the CIO to cut IT costs. In the cost category Networks & Telecom Gartner recommends Telecom Expense Management Services to cut costs by 10%-35%.
Aberdeen published an interesting report, based on 4,500 respondents, stating that a potential recession is a top business challenge for companies in 2008. This economic trend forces enterprises to re-examine their top expenses and identify overhead.
The Current Analysis report titled “Mobilising the Enterprise: The Real Costs and Complexities” highlights the problem enterprises are facing of having little control over mobile cost and the struggle to understand and manage this. The report is a synopsis of some of the themes at a recent EVUA event.
