Save Money On Corporate Cellular Bills

With cellular growing fast and everybody from the sales force to the president having to keep in contact with prospects, clients and colleagues, it is no wonder that corporate employees across the globe reach for the cell phone when it comes time to make a contact. However, that mobility can come at a steep price, especially as more employees take advantage of unlimited minutes, iPhone and Google apps, 411 directory assistance, international calling, texting, 3G/4G wireless interenet, etc. If left alone, your cellular bill will continue to increase and cost you much more than necessary. By implementing the proper management tools and setting usage and provisioning policies, you can significantly reduce your cell phone bills by 30% or more. Here are a couple helpful tips for reducing your mobile phone bill.

Find a telecom consultant with wholesale cell phone services to help you get a handle on your cell phone bills. A telecom consultant will be able to assist you with finding the right cell phone service plans and other wireless servicesto help drive down the cost of your cellular plan. In addition to selecting the right cellular service, a telecommunications consultant can help you develop a corporate usage and provisioning policy to trim down any wasteful expenses. With new phone envy, employees go to extreme measures to get the latest handset so having a current provisioning policy will help cut down on unnecessary phone upgrades and inappropriate phone purchases.

A trusted telecommunications consultant will also help you find the best service and rates for each user. If your company employees call international destinations, then a telecom consultant will be able to offer deeply reduced cell rates for international cell phone calls saving 60% or more. Another example, if you have a user who uses the phone solely for the occasional incoming call, consider getting that user a basic phone with prepaid service and skipping the monthly commitment altogether. If the person uses more minutes, you can always move the user to a corporate plan. In addition to prepaid plans, if your company has 10 or more lines then you may pool the cell phone minutes in one single bucket to help maximize the use of all the minutes combined and avoid plan overage charges and overpayments on unlimited plans. As you monitor the usage of all employees, you will gain insight and understanding of employee usage patterns which will help you select the optimal plan for your company and dramatically reduce cellular phone bills.

A telecom consultant can also assist with implementing wireless expense management software to assist your staff with managing everything from invoices, contracts, inventory, rate plans, reporting, usage analysis, moves/adds/changes, and provisioning. Armed with usage data and reports, you are able to negotiate better rates with your carrier and more carefully select the right plans for each user saving a ton of money. You can expect to save 30% or more on your mobile phone bill month after month. The wireless expense management software will pay for itself within the first few months and will continue to add value to your company for many years.

Another great benefit of the wireless expense management software is the ability to track cellular usage by department, user, group, or division. Obviously, ongoing usage tracking is extremely important but most companies do not bother because it takes way too much time. According to Gartner, companies can routinely save more than 10% of their annual telecom expense by systematically checking their carrier bills against equipment and services in use. It is wasteful to pay for overage feeswhen simply moving up to the next plan would be less expensive overall. If at all possible, it is in your best interest to implement a shared or pooled plan because these types of plans can help you avoid the occasional overage fees. If you notice a user going crazy with a phone, address it immediately.

The wireless expense management software will help you identify phones that you should discontinue service because they are no longer used. However, if you are close to the end of a contract period, it might make more sense to pay the remaining months of service rather than pay what could be an early contract termination fee. A wireless expense management software solution can definitely help to eliminate these unnecessary charges which can easily be overlooked if you use a manual system.

What matters most to companies is saving money on cellular billsand you can definitely save a tremendous amount of money by working with a telecom consultant. Also, implementing a wireless expense management software program will help you gain control of your cellular bills and ongoing management of your cellular assets so that money is saved, mobile assets are accounted for and employees are more productive.


For the past seven years Spiritel Solutions has been dedicated to helping our clients reduce telecom expenses. Our team of experts have successfully helped companies reduce their annual telecom spend by an average of 30% or more. Spiritel also provides telecom analysis and consultation that is guaranteed to lower costs for all types of voice, data and Internet service. For a free consultation, please visit us at Spiritel Solutions Wireless Expense Management or give us a call at 866-770-0300.