The way in which the Federal Communications Commission pursues its mission of ensuring that residents of every part of the United States have access to telecommunications services at reasonable prices is being re-evaluated to give greater importance to newer technologies. The method of funding “universal service” is also very likely to change, perhaps lowering the […]
The tablet computer made great strides in transitioning from tech toy to legitimate business tool in 2011. Early adopters have been learning how tablets do and don’t work in enterprise settings, while dealing with the new challenges that a tablet-equipped workforce can present in terms of network security, IT cost control and telecom cost management. […]
Although our day-to-day work focuses on telecommunications consulting, the people at Telanalysis also look beyond our business concerns to help the communities that we and our clients live in. Breast cancer affects families everywhere, afflicting hundreds of thousands of women (and even thousands of men) and killing tens of thousands every year. Telanalysis is stepping […]
One thing the field of technology excels at is generating new terminology and trendy buzzwords. The tech world changes and evolves so rapidly that it continually bombards us with unfamiliar new terms and acronyms. Quite a few of these frankly lack much real significance to everyday users, but “convergence” is a word that denotes a […]
Telecommunications costs, as a share of the average enterprise’s total budget, long ago rose to the point that made telecom spending a top line-item expense for most businesses and organizations. As telecom and IT technologies converge, all the while growing increasingly more important to institutional users in business, education and government, telecom and IT spending […]
Maintaining communication while doing business internationally is vital, but the cost of using voice and data services on your phone while outside the U.S. can be astronomical. Tales abound of travelers returning from overseas, or even just from a trip “next door” to Canada or Mexico, to find a bill from their cell-phone carrier exceeding […]
AT&T’s nine-month quest to acquire T-Mobile USA from its German parent company, Deutsche Telekom AG, ended with an official announcement from the American telecom and technology giant on Monday, December 19. The two telcos announced a merger plan in March that would have resulted in AT&T becoming the largest wireless company in the United States, […]
In business, what you don’t know certainly can hurt you. That’s especially true when you’re paying for telecommunications services. The billing practices and patterns of the telecom carriers could put a significant but avoidable extra financial hit on your organization unless you practice active telecom expense management and have the expertise to know what to […]
Who’s keeping an eye your business’s telecom spending? Telecommunications management duties often fall to more than one individual in an office or enterprise, and organizational realities may mean that they’re not all communicating with each other. It may very well be that no one really has an overall picture of what your company is spending […]
AT&T and T-Mobile USA say they’re not yet giving up on plans to merge into the country’s largest wireless carrier in spite of the fact that the two telecom giants took the step over the holiday weekend of withdrawing the applications they filed earlier this year with the Federal Communications Commission. Many telecommunications consultants have […]