What To Look Out For And What To Watch Out For: Hints And Tips Guide To SME Telecoms & Mobile Procurement Available.

25.06.08 Portsmouth UK: From Utility Watch UK (www.utilitywatchuk.co.uk)

Leading utility price comparison and procurement group Utility Watch UK has prepared a detailed hints and tips guide to advise SMEs on buying telecoms and or mobile services. The free document not only covers the best things to look for but also some of the more common pitfalls and covers issues such as, fixed line rental, analogue/digital, call pricing, SIP trunks, VOIP options and Local Loop Unbundling.

How to proceed through the minefield of product choice and service options and how to identify the best kinds of contracts terms and rates are included, however the guide also points to a number of supplier practices which can leave SMEs at a disadvantage.

Some of the more common pitfalls are: minimum call charges, disadvantageous setup fees, automatic rollover contract terms, and minimum contractual spends. The guide tackles how best to deal with these.

Says Lance Pearson, of Utility Watch UK, “with the myriad of products and options it is all too easy for SMEs to get confused in making a sane choice. Sadly, however, this also means that inadvertently the decks are stacked in favour of vendors and suppliers. This can lead to smaller businesses, which do not have a procurement department or dedicated manager, making choices that cost them dear.”

For a copy of the guide those interested in receiving the guide can do so at [email protected] or call 0800 etc 0800 652 5100.