2014 Telecom Expense Management
Trends That Will Affect Your Business
1.BYOD ExpansionBoom or Bust?
Can BYOD cause security and legal issues?
Does BYOD save money?
69% report that costs are either
rising or are about the same
BYOD Expansion FactsIn 2013, TEMIA reported that:
Most alarming? 25% of firms can’t tell if it helped with costs or
not!
48% of businesses have adopted BYOD and another 20% are evaluating it
2. Mobile Device Privacy
Privacy Concerns
Legal and privacy issues around corporate/personal
mobile device usage are appearing
3. Carrier Wars
Resorting to stealing customers
from each other
Which will influence business
telecom
Saturation in the market means
shrinking margins
Which means more aggressive
tactics
4. Wave of Wearables
Wearable Device Concerns
• What policies need to be in place to manage the network access of these devices?
• A rise in security issues
• More devices connected = higher bandwidth costs
5. Bring on the Phablets
/phab·let/ [fab-lit]
Noun
“A mobile device that combines the features of a smartphone and a tablet computer and is larger than a typical smartphone but not as large as a typical small tablet.”
Phablet Facts
Barclays projects sales rising from 27 million in 2012 to 230 million in 2015
More Devices = More Risk and higher support costs
6. Smart Machines and the Internet of Everything
• More and more is on the internet every day. • AKA: The Internet of EVERYTHING
• How do these expansions impact costs?
• Do they belong in inventory?
• Security issues?
• Machine-to-machine traffic growth
Keep Your Head Above WaterBe proactive!
A Telecom Expense Management Program helps minimize risk and reduce
the costs associated with new tech trends.
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