TC2's David Rohde on Telecom
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Billing reviews are only as good as your contract allows them to be
September 30, 2010
The following is a guest post by TC2 Senior Consultant Julie Gardner, who leads TC2′s Contract Compliance and Optimization practice. One of the worst [best?] examples of cranky carrier contract practices is the tendency of carriers to limit your ability … Continue reading
Merger reports abound, but Asia-Pac business depends on network investment
September 24, 2010
Swirling around the activity that my colleague Ben Fox noted this week about Vodafone has been a set of press reports about other prospective carrier deals in the Asia-Pacific region. And just as with Vodafone, the key issue is how … Continue reading
Changes are afoot at Vodafone, but what to do about Verizon Wireless?
September 22, 2010
The following is a guest post by TC2 managing director Ben Fox, who is based in London. A new organisational structure and key asset sales announced this month by Vodafone continue to move the carrier in a more rational — … Continue reading
MegaPath merger illustrates the potential of second-tier players with SIP
September 17, 2010
The beginning of this month saw the consolidation of another group of smaller carriers who are hoping to take a bite out of AT&T and Verizon’s huge enterprise market share. The merger began as a long-planned melding of MegaPath and … Continue reading
Practical issues come to the forefront in SIP Trunking
September 3, 2010
A few years ago one of my old colleagues at Network World got hold of an analyst report on MPLS, and we started discussing it by email. Contrary to almost every market research report up until then, the analyst’s survey … Continue reading
- Of credits, surcharges, and the need to focus on unit rates
- SIP over MPLS? Check. Packaged LD pricing? Check. Concurrent call pooling? Well …
- Apparently feeling left out, Verizon adds an Administrative Expense Fee
- Data pooling plans gain momentum as data usage accelerates
- Softbank’s fight with Dish for Sprint runs far afield from the enterprise
- Getting a grasp on your telecom inventory – is it possible?
- Declining account support and the rise of the vendor “Program Management Office”
- Machine-to-machine: A whole new wireless pricing ballgame
- Transformation projects require their own timeline and approach
- CenturyLink cuts shareholder dividend as necessary transition accelerates