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Many businesses are paying far too much for their mobile phones. There are too main reasons why, both of which involve being on the wrong tariff but in different ways:

1. Over generous tariff allowances

This is when a business is paying for too many minutes, texts or data to be included in their monthly package. For instance, if you have a 2,000 minute tariff but are only using 500 minutes you could drop down several tariffs and save a considerable amount each and every month.

Most networks will not allow dropping down several levels during the course of your contract, but they will perhaps allow a single drop. We can advise on the best course of action and also whether it is cost effective to buy out your current business mobile contract.

2. Not enough allowances within your tariff

The opposite of 1., and usually a lot more costly, not having enough allowances in your tariff leaves you paying "out-of-bundle" charges for a large proportion of your usage. Also included within this is failing to add bundles, or adding the incorrect bundles, for usage such as roaming data or anything that is not normally included within a standard business mobile tariff.

Networks are usually happy to increase tariffs during the course of your contract so increasing your allowances is usually straightforward. However, if your usage varies greatly from month to month the correct tariff might not be easy to determine.

It may be most cost effective to choose a tariff that covers the majority of your usage in an average month and pay out-of-bundle for extra usage, or it might work out cheaper to take a tariff that covers the usage in your highest months - we can advise you the best balanced solution which will save you money.

So how much could you save?

It varies between users and the only way to give you an accurate figure is to see your current bills, analyse your usage and recommend more appropriate tariffs. This is a free of charge service we offer to businesses of all sizes and types throughout the UK.

However, as an example, we have listed a real-life example below showing several thousand pounds worth of savings:

Company with 21 mobile phone handsets and 17 mobile data devices (for mobile broadband). Paying a total of £1,336 per month under their existing contract. We analyzed their current usage and, taking everything into account, our quotation amounted to £768 per month. A saving of £568 per month, a total annual saving of £6,816.

Extend this over the course of a standard 24 month business mobile contract and the savings are more than £13,000. For large businesses and corporate mobile phone users savings can be even larger.

Even for small and medium sized businesses savings can be considerable. Contact us for more information.

Categories: Business Mobiles, Corporate, Large Business, Reduce your bills, Savings

Whilst we have business tariffs that can be utilised by a single user, these are not always competitive when compared with consumer deals available from the wider market, particularly for "light" users.

It is only when a business has a few mobile handsets (5+) that business tariffs come into their own and we can add real value, and this increases with the number of phones. For large businesses and corporate mobile users with 10 handsets or more there is a real opportunity to reduce costs and improve communications simultaneously.

With a shared business tariff there is a lead handset which pays the majority of the line rental for the tariff. After this any additional handsets are sharers which can utilise the pool of minutes already purchased. Each sharer is added at a reduced rate meaning that the more handsets you have the better the savings can be for you.

The right tools to do the job

As well as looking at reducing costs we look at ways in which the latest mobile technology can help improve the way you work, particularly for your mobile workforce. Giving your staff the right tools to do their job will significantly improve their productivity.

A range of devices can be supplied, including a mix of different handsets according to the jobs people do as well as tablets, netbooks, laptops and dongles as needs require. These will usually be supplied free of charge where the tariff allows, although there are scenarios where you are better off paying a contribution towards your hardware in return for a lower tariff that properly reflects your usage.

Additional users/handsets can be added at any time and changes to your tariff can be made as your business needs change.

Regular review to keep costs down

Over time your business will change and therefore your tariff may need adjusting to match this. We will keep your account under regular review to ensure that you do not start incurring extra charges. Our aim is always to keep your bills down and save you money where possible.

We will also advise you of changes in the mobile market, particularly with regards to new technology which could help your business. Currently tablet computers are very much the sought after devices as businesses recognise their unique advantages over both phones and laptops. These can be factored in as part of any business mobile review.

Categories: Business Mobiles, Corporate, Large Business, Mobile Deals