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AT&T to Pay $7.75 Million in Fines For Over Billing

Recently, a scam was uncovered by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration during an investigation of two third-party AT&T companies in Cleveland. The discovery was made during an initial investigation for drug-related crimes and money laundering when DEA officials found financial documents uncovering the scam. The third-party companies placed charges on thousands of customer bills […]

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Are You A Silent Victim Of Slamming And Cramming?

Your organization may be the unwitting victim of two common forms of telecommunications fraud – slamming and cramming. Slamming occurs when your telephone or Internet service is switched to another provider without your consent. Cramming occurs when your telecom bills contain unauthorized charges and services. If left unchecked, these illegal practices can cost thousands of […]

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Why TEMS May Not Work For Your Organization

Many organizations utilize telecommunications expense management software (TEMS) to help control telecom expenses. Though TEMS is a great tool for catching some billing errors, it may not be the magic formula your organization needs for its telecommunications management. That’s where telecom consulting firm Telanalysis can help. Through our comprehensive telecom audits, our telecom billing consultants […]

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Cramming – Unauthorized Charges on Your Phone Bill

Cramming Settlement for Consumers Announced May 12, 2015: The FCC, along with the CFPB and state attorneys general, announced that Verizon Wireless will pay $90 million and Sprint Corporation will pay $68 million to settle investigations that revealed the companies billed customers millions of dollars in unauthorized third-party premium text messaging services. With these two […]

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Telecom Consultant Projections

Despite Lagging Economy, Telecom Spending Expected to Increase

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 […]

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Monthly Monitoring of Telecom Bills Is a Money-Saving Must for Business

Of all the monthly invoices your company receives for payment, telecommunications invoices are the ones that you should perhaps pay the closest attention to. Landline and wireless phone bills should never be paid automatically, without close inspection, because 18 percent of all telecom bills contain mischarges. Corporate phone bill audits typically reveal overcharges going back […]