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.
MANASSAS, Va., Nov 20, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Telecom Expense Management Industry Association (TEMIA), the premiere organization for the telecom expense management industry, announced today the appointment of Joe Basili as Managing Director. This appointment highlights TEMIA’s deep commitment to grow the association, raise awareness of the values and benefits of TEM solutions, further its mission of optimizing the telecommunications supply chain, and help organizations achieve ideal results from TEM programs.
“Joe brings a background that is well suited for this work with more than 20 years experience in marketing, launching and growing new businesses, and developing research for the TEM market. He also brings positive relationships with existing members, potential new members, enterprises, and analysts,” stated Dave Spofford President of TEMIA.
This bears a comment.
Many organizations are in the midst of their annual budgeting and planning cycles for 2009, cost reduction programs have become the key priority in order the weather the current economic crisis. Telecom is a top 3 expense category with MNC’s spending 1.500 – 4.000 $ per employee per year.
The recent economic downfall faced by enterprises around the world force companies to be more cost conscious. Telecom costs has traditionally been a top expense category and with enterprise telecom costs rising every year it is time to take control of what enterprises are paying for.
The annual EVUA members survey 2008 – conducted by Ovum – is out and shows that cost management remains a major area of concern. The need to manage mobile data is increasingly important as mobile data grows rapidly as is visibility of costs across the board.
