Mobile data costs are surging across industries as telecom companies hike their prices. That means companies need to be smarter about managing their telecom costs. As you accelerate digital transformation, it’s key to get the right balance between optimising costs and giving employees the tools they need to get their jobs done.

You don’t want users running up massive out-of-bundle mobile data costs, but you also don’t want them to be unproductive because they’re worried about the amount of data they use to connect to business applications. Cutting edge mobile expense management practices and tools are an assured way to take control of your mobile environment.

Here are five ways to get some quick wins around reducing mobile costs:

Understand baseline spending

A mobile expense management journey starts with automated baseline reporting to guide your next steps. You can work with your partner to audit and verify bills, and find irregularities or inexplicably high costs. You’ll be able to get a breakdown of voice and data usage across your cost centres.

Empower and educate the end-user

One smarter way to reduce mobile telecom costs is to educate end-users and make them accountable for their spending. A robust mobile expense management solution will send your users automated personalised notifications to guide their APN usage. They can also get reports so they can see their usage trends and have an idea of what they are costing the firm. A good solution will also simplify their lives by making it easy for them to categorise their calls and data sessions as personal or business-related for expense claims.

Negotiate better deals

A mobile expense management consulting partner can help you ensure each employee is matched with a suitable mobile package as well as access to all hardware and software required to get their jobs done. Its knowledgeable experts can work with you to identify and negotiate the best deals with mobile providers, based on their voice and data requirements.

Uncover wastage and abuse

Mobile expense management offers smarter insight into wastage and abuse of mobile telecoms resources. You can, for example, easily identify out-of-bundle costs through mobile devices, or see which branches, departments and users are running up the highest bills. You can also can get insight into inaccurate billing and unauthorised costs to accelerate cost savings.

Turn telecoms data into insight

Your company receives large amounts of data from its service providers and network operators. A cutting edge mobile expense management solution can turn this data into insight and help you keep on top of the latest telecoms usage trends in your business. Customised reports, for example, can help you make sense of usage and spend trends across different branches and departments.

OneView from Nebula is our cutting edge solution for mobile expense management, used by many large companies to simplify their mobile environment. Our knowledgeable team can help you reduce wasted spend, implement FinOps practices, and automate mobile and cloud expense management. Get in touch to learn about a smarter way to increase efficiencies in your cloud and telecom environment.