O2 and ttMobiles Cut Red Tape
O2 and ttMobiles, a leading mobile management service provider, have today launched a new bill-reporting tool to help firms distinguish between company and personal calls. The new service called O2 Guardian will dramatically reduce the red tape required to justify, manage and monitor personal use on mobile phones and give companies the confidence that they are compliant with new government requirements.
A new government initiative has recently been introduced to prevent companies claiming VAT on personal calls made by staff on company mobiles. Any firm failing to demonstrate measures to separately account for business and personal calls will be in breach of these rules and risk facing a detailed investigation.
For companies to get their house in order, they will now need to manually separate the two, which will take a lot of time and resource internally. To avoid this administrative headache, companies can now use O2 Guardian, a web-based application that will help companies comply with the VAT issue. O2 Guardian allows organisations to access their mobile billing information easily and at any time.
Helen Wylde, Head of Corporate Marketing, O2 UK said, "Companies that don't start to get their billing sorted are risking heavy penalties if the inspectors come to call. These guidelines require a massive amount of administration, but we now have a solution that can separate calls into VAT and no VAT with the click of a button. However, even though O2 Guardian will give companies confidence that they are compliant with the more restrictive VAT rules, companies also need to adopt clear policies to govern the personal use of corporate mobiles."
The billing and reporting suite comes in two web based components that enable employees to effortlessly separate their personal and business calls. O2 Guardian gives companies the ability to review user spend month-on-month, set limits and warnings on this spend and verify bills to save employees time, resource and hassle. The suite also offers alternative ways for employees to manage their mobile spend based on the company's specific needs.
About O2
O2 is a leading provider of mobile services to consumers and businesses in the UK. It is the leader in non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music and video, as well as always on data connections via GPRS, 3G and WLAN. Each month O2's 13.85 million customers send three quarters of a billion text messages. O2 (UK) is a subsidiary of mmo2 plc which also ownsO2 mobile operators in Ireland and Germany as well as the O2 Airwave emergency services network in the UK.
About ttMobiles
ttMobiles provides solutions and services to manage the complexities of a rapidly growing community of mobile users and their associated, spiraling costs. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Abingdon, Oxford, ttMobiles solution provides objective management, cost control and insight into a company's complex mix of mobile devices, services and providers. As specialists in mobile management ttMobiles offers a single point of contact for all your company's mobile requirements.
For further information please contact:
Sally Beamand
O2 Press Office
Tel: 01753 565 536
ttMobiles
Tel: 0845 3713918
e-mail: info@ttmobiles.com