Easing the Mobile Management Headache

Mobile phone management company, ttMobiles, has taken the pain away from managing mobile devices at leading international law firm Allen & Overy.

Allen & Overy has 4,700 staff in 25 major centres across the world, with 1,700 mobiles which include Blackberries and datacards. It became an administrative headache for the company to manage internally and A&O looked to ttMobiles for the remedy.

Andrew Brammer, Head of Global I.T Operations at A&O explains, "We chose ttMobiles as a company that were committed to work with us, were independent of the network provider and had a track record of delivering similar solutions to other customers."

Mark Chapman, Commercial Director, ttMobiles, says; "At ttMobiles we provide objective and independent management and cost control for a company's mobiles - and this can include a very complex mix of devices, services and providers. We offer a single point of contact for the management expertise - and take the headache away from your own administrators."

Implementing ttMobiles Wireless Expense Manager has not only freed A&O's own internal managers from the problem, it has also vastly improved asset and cost management.

The paperless management service enables A&O to keep track of the mobile devices themselves, as well as the cost of the calls - both business and personal - and then to integrate into the company's internal payroll and accounts system.

Lawyers can allocate calls online to personal, business or client, eliminating the paper and improving cost recovery. Each month files for each element are provided for A&O to integrate into the payroll and accounts system for recharge. Individual profiling of calls, address books and call summary viewing (as opposed to itemization) has minimized the amount of time lawyers need to spend in allocating calls. The online solution has put a stop to paper invoicing for end users and cost centre managers.

The monthly VAT report detailing total personal call declarations makes compliance easy by detailing the VAT element for the correct apportionment figures for business and personal use.

Other benefits include monthly network invoice validation identifying and crediting invoice errors. Ongoing support includes tracking of usage patterns and database management.

Mark Chapman says; "Most companies can save over a third of their mobile costs by introducing one of our management systems - but for Allen & Overy it has not just been about cutting costs, but about managing those costs. For many companies more efficient reporting mechanisms - to allocate charges for business and personal calls, as well as VAT compliance - are just as important."

To find out more on how ttMobiles help you ease the burden of mobile management, call 0845 3713918 email: info@ttmobiles.com visit www.ttmobiles.com