ttMobiles Makes Migrating Mobiles Manageable

Tuesday 29th March 2011

With the end of the financial year rapidly approaching, many businesses are turning the spotlight on external expenditure – it’s time to cut costs, and what better place to start than with mobile phone expenditure?

With the end of the financial year rapidly approaching, many businesses are turning the spotlight on external expenditure – it’s time to cut costs, and what better place to start than with mobile phone expenditure?

ttMobiles, the UK’s number 1 provider of independent, outsourced mobile communications management, can remove the irritation of mobile migration.  Around 90% of mobile fleets have not been audited for three years, and an unaudited fleet will have on average 12% of phones unaccounted for.  For an organisation with 1,000 mobiles, this can easily be £12,000 worth of hardware, with annual rentals of £20,000 or more.  Typically 25% of employees move jobs or change roles each year, so many companies end up paying for additional handsets that may not be used, plus the cost to have them transferred.

The thought of migrating can be a headache, and so many companies avoid auditing and switching carriers. But, it’s vital to evaluate the suppliers you’re using to negotiate the most competitive tariff.  If a network supplier does not see a realistic threat of a customer changing networks when a contract comes to an end they will make no attempt to revise and improve their rates.

ttMobiles is the UK’s first provider of migration management and has extensive experience in network migration, including moving clients with over 20,000 devices.  ttMobiles cleanse an organisation’s existing database to ensure there are no unwanted devices, simplify the transaction from one network to another and centrally tailor internal communications removing the annoyances and drain of resources traditionally associated with mobile migration.   Its professional team manage the process from beginning to end, including the no. 1 reason cited by organisations for not auditing its telecoms – annoying senior management with questions!

Peter Readman, ttMobiles Managing Director commented, “Mobile phone migration doesn’t need to be complicated, as long as you fully understand what needs to be done and in what order.   It’s a vital exercise for any company who wants to be fully in control of mobile expenditure.  With the rapid adoption of smartphones such Blackberrys and iPhones many organisations have seen a huge increase in phone bills, so it’s an issue that shouldn’t be avoided in today’s cost conscious climate.”

For more information about ttMobiles or to download a copy of the white paper please visit www.ttmobiles.co.uk

Migration Tips

·         Keep the number of migrations per day manageable

·         Never migrate on a Monday or a Friday

·         Be prepared for user backlash

·         Remember friends and families

·         Control your communications

·         Never re-sign with an existing supplier without first completing an audit, now is the time to cleanse your database

·         Remember, prior to any contract signature this is a one-off opportunity to disconnect unwanted/utilised connections without penalty charge

·         Avoid the pitfall of mass migration of devices that are no longer in use or have been disconnected

·         Accurate data on the addresses where users are based is key

·         Unlatching codes can be complicated, but with good planning and a well written communications document unlatching can be made a whole lot easier

·         Remember, once you get within five days of the porting date for a connection, it is virtually impossible to stop the migration from happening

·         To ensure a smooth migration it is advisable to create a received sim card loop to capture the details of users who have not received their sim but are due to migrate