Friday, October 29, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Companies have new tool to slash soaring phone bills UTR Global’s cost-saving Audit Assistant finds hidden, erroneous charges
Companies have new tool to slash soaring phone bills
UTR Global’s cost-saving Audit Assistant finds hidden, erroneous charges
TORONTO (October 20, 2010) – Patrick Connolly, the Canadian president of UTR Global, one of North America’s leading telecom expense and asset management software and services companies, has a simple message to reduce skyrocketing corporate phone bills: it’s time to hang them up.
“Canadian companies have been dramatically overpaying for their land and mobile telephone services. In fact, we operate on the premise that every phone bill is inaccurate. We guarantee that we can slash a minimum of 10 per cent from a company’s monthly phone costs. In some cases, companies can reduce their monthly telecom expense by 20 to 25 per cent,” Connolly said.
UTR Global today announced the launch of Audit Assistant, a new software application that puts the cost-saving ability directly in a company’s hands. Audit Assistant provides 24/7 monitoring of their land and mobile telephone spending. They will be able to make sense, control and receive significant rebates on their telecommunications bills.
“Three months ago, we saved the Canadian arm of a global innovation firm with 3,000 employees $20,000 a month using Audit Assistant. Audit Assistant identifies the billing problem and allows you to email the worksheet directly to the vendor for correction,” says Connolly. “We have bundled our 20 years of experience into a package so Canadian companies can easily understand and manage their telcom billing.”
UTR Global looks at each engagement through this lens: all telephone bills are wrong until proven correct by a series of specialized audit activities. Traditionally, UTR Global reviews all the voice, data and wireless bills for a company – there are often hundreds if not thousands of bills to review – and finds the billing errors and opportunities. Audit Assistant has automated this process allowing companies to take charge of their costs.
Companies are overpaying for their phone services for three main reasons according to Connolly. Telecommunications companies are:
1. Not making the consumer aware of better pricing options
2. Billing for service that was disconnected
3. Billing the wrong rate or plan
Using Audit Assistant, companies will be able to put a “microscope” on areas of the invoice that have been susceptible to problems in billing – among the more prevalent include:
Rate and tariff errors
Missing contract billing rate schedules and options
Exorbitant rental equipment charges
Unexplained monthly service charges
Non-optimized wireless plans
Costly text messaging charges
Data plan and roaming optimization
Mis-applied long distance rates
Abandoned devices still on the bills
The company’s clients for the last two decades include all major Canadian financial institutions, Toronto-based hospitals, major oil and gas companies, Export Development Canada, 3M, Reitmans, Ernst & Young and Sanofi Pasteur.
“Managing the variables in telecom billing is an extensive job that is challenging for any one person or company to manage, especially because the telecommunications firms change the rules daily. Audit Assistant makes things easier for managers and allows them to do their job and manage their costs more effectively,” Connolly said.
Audit Assistant is a web-based application. With the billing data loaded into Audit Assistant clients are given individual login information that leads them to their specific billing information. From there, they click on Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Analysis which leads them to a page allowing them to review their telecommunications billing for errors and opportunities for savings. It’s simple.
Upon review of the billing errors, the client can automatically notify their vendor of the issues and request correction or send a message to UTR asking any questions. Connolly says, “We are here to work with our clients and create value by helping them get the bill right.”
UTR Global started working with North America’s largest organizations in 1991 helping them understand and manage their telecommunications costs. More than just an audit and billing verification services firm, in 1996 UTR developed a software solution, Financial Telemanagement System (FTS) and offered this web based solution as a software license or bundled with a Telecom Expense and Asset Management service offering.
The company’s unique offering and timing within the industry quickly secured North America’s largest financial services companies as clients. UTR’s solutions are scalable; our largest client manages over $350 million annually within FTS, while our smallest manages just $480,000. UTR is a full service telecom expense and asset management software and services company with 20 years of experience.
UTR Global’s cost-saving Audit Assistant finds hidden, erroneous charges
TORONTO (October 20, 2010) – Patrick Connolly, the Canadian president of UTR Global, one of North America’s leading telecom expense and asset management software and services companies, has a simple message to reduce skyrocketing corporate phone bills: it’s time to hang them up.
“Canadian companies have been dramatically overpaying for their land and mobile telephone services. In fact, we operate on the premise that every phone bill is inaccurate. We guarantee that we can slash a minimum of 10 per cent from a company’s monthly phone costs. In some cases, companies can reduce their monthly telecom expense by 20 to 25 per cent,” Connolly said.
UTR Global today announced the launch of Audit Assistant, a new software application that puts the cost-saving ability directly in a company’s hands. Audit Assistant provides 24/7 monitoring of their land and mobile telephone spending. They will be able to make sense, control and receive significant rebates on their telecommunications bills.
“Three months ago, we saved the Canadian arm of a global innovation firm with 3,000 employees $20,000 a month using Audit Assistant. Audit Assistant identifies the billing problem and allows you to email the worksheet directly to the vendor for correction,” says Connolly. “We have bundled our 20 years of experience into a package so Canadian companies can easily understand and manage their telcom billing.”
UTR Global looks at each engagement through this lens: all telephone bills are wrong until proven correct by a series of specialized audit activities. Traditionally, UTR Global reviews all the voice, data and wireless bills for a company – there are often hundreds if not thousands of bills to review – and finds the billing errors and opportunities. Audit Assistant has automated this process allowing companies to take charge of their costs.
Companies are overpaying for their phone services for three main reasons according to Connolly. Telecommunications companies are:
1. Not making the consumer aware of better pricing options
2. Billing for service that was disconnected
3. Billing the wrong rate or plan
Using Audit Assistant, companies will be able to put a “microscope” on areas of the invoice that have been susceptible to problems in billing – among the more prevalent include:
Rate and tariff errors
Missing contract billing rate schedules and options
Exorbitant rental equipment charges
Unexplained monthly service charges
Non-optimized wireless plans
Costly text messaging charges
Data plan and roaming optimization
Mis-applied long distance rates
Abandoned devices still on the bills
The company’s clients for the last two decades include all major Canadian financial institutions, Toronto-based hospitals, major oil and gas companies, Export Development Canada, 3M, Reitmans, Ernst & Young and Sanofi Pasteur.
“Managing the variables in telecom billing is an extensive job that is challenging for any one person or company to manage, especially because the telecommunications firms change the rules daily. Audit Assistant makes things easier for managers and allows them to do their job and manage their costs more effectively,” Connolly said.
Audit Assistant is a web-based application. With the billing data loaded into Audit Assistant clients are given individual login information that leads them to their specific billing information. From there, they click on Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Analysis which leads them to a page allowing them to review their telecommunications billing for errors and opportunities for savings. It’s simple.
Upon review of the billing errors, the client can automatically notify their vendor of the issues and request correction or send a message to UTR asking any questions. Connolly says, “We are here to work with our clients and create value by helping them get the bill right.”
UTR Global started working with North America’s largest organizations in 1991 helping them understand and manage their telecommunications costs. More than just an audit and billing verification services firm, in 1996 UTR developed a software solution, Financial Telemanagement System (FTS) and offered this web based solution as a software license or bundled with a Telecom Expense and Asset Management service offering.
The company’s unique offering and timing within the industry quickly secured North America’s largest financial services companies as clients. UTR’s solutions are scalable; our largest client manages over $350 million annually within FTS, while our smallest manages just $480,000. UTR is a full service telecom expense and asset management software and services company with 20 years of experience.
UTR Global’s cost-saving Audit Assistant finds hidden, erroneous charges
TORONTO (October 20, 2010) – Patrick Connolly, the Canadian president of UTR Global, one of North America’s leading telecom expense and asset management software and services companies, has a simple message to reduce skyrocketing corporate phone bills: it’s time to hang them up.
“Canadian companies have been dramatically overpaying for their land and mobile telephone services. In fact, we operate on the premise that every phone bill is inaccurate. We guarantee that we can slash a minimum of 10 per cent from a company’s monthly phone costs. In some cases, companies can reduce their monthly telecom expense by 20 to 25 per cent,” Connolly said.
UTR Global today announced the launch of Audit Assistant, a new software application that puts the cost-saving ability directly in a company’s hands. Audit Assistant provides 24/7 monitoring of their land and mobile telephone spending. They will be able to make sense, control and receive significant rebates on their telecommunications bills.
“Three months ago, we saved the Canadian arm of a global innovation firm with 3,000 employees $20,000 a month using Audit Assistant. Audit Assistant identifies the billing problem and allows you to email the worksheet directly to the vendor for correction,” says Connolly. “We have bundled our 20 years of experience into a package so Canadian companies can easily understand and manage their telcom billing.”
UTR Global looks at each engagement through this lens: all telephone bills are wrong until proven correct by a series of specialized audit activities. Traditionally, UTR Global reviews all the voice, data and wireless bills for a company – there are often hundreds if not thousands of bills to review – and finds the billing errors and opportunities. Audit Assistant has automated this process allowing companies to take charge of their costs.
Companies are overpaying for their phone services for three main reasons according to Connolly. Telecommunications companies are:
1. Not making the consumer aware of better pricing options
2. Billing for service that was disconnected
3. Billing the wrong rate or plan
Using Audit Assistant, companies will be able to put a “microscope” on areas of the invoice that have been susceptible to problems in billing – among the more prevalent include:
Rate and tariff errors
Missing contract billing rate schedules and options
Exorbitant rental equipment charges
Unexplained monthly service charges
Non-optimized wireless plans
Costly text messaging charges
Data plan and roaming optimization
Mis-applied long distance rates
Abandoned devices still on the bills
The company’s clients for the last two decades include all major Canadian financial institutions, Toronto-based hospitals, major oil and gas companies, Export Development Canada, 3M, Reitmans, Ernst & Young and Sanofi Pasteur.
“Managing the variables in telecom billing is an extensive job that is challenging for any one person or company to manage, especially because the telecommunications firms change the rules daily. Audit Assistant makes things easier for managers and allows them to do their job and manage their costs more effectively,” Connolly said.
Audit Assistant is a web-based application. With the billing data loaded into Audit Assistant clients are given individual login information that leads them to their specific billing information. From there, they click on Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Analysis which leads them to a page allowing them to review their telecommunications billing for errors and opportunities for savings. It’s simple.
Upon review of the billing errors, the client can automatically notify their vendor of the issues and request correction or send a message to UTR asking any questions. Connolly says, “We are here to work with our clients and create value by helping them get the bill right.”
UTR Global started working with North America’s largest organizations in 1991 helping them understand and manage their telecommunications costs. More than just an audit and billing verification services firm, in 1996 UTR developed a software solution, Financial Telemanagement System (FTS) and offered this web based solution as a software license or bundled with a Telecom Expense and Asset Management service offering.
The company’s unique offering and timing within the industry quickly secured North America’s largest financial services companies as clients. UTR’s solutions are scalable; our largest client manages over $350 million annually within FTS, while our smallest manages just $480,000. UTR is a full service telecom expense and asset management software and services company with 20 years of experience.
UTR Global’s cost-saving Audit Assistant finds hidden, erroneous charges
TORONTO (October 20, 2010) – Patrick Connolly, the Canadian president of UTR Global, one of North America’s leading telecom expense and asset management software and services companies, has a simple message to reduce skyrocketing corporate phone bills: it’s time to hang them up.
“Canadian companies have been dramatically overpaying for their land and mobile telephone services. In fact, we operate on the premise that every phone bill is inaccurate. We guarantee that we can slash a minimum of 10 per cent from a company’s monthly phone costs. In some cases, companies can reduce their monthly telecom expense by 20 to 25 per cent,” Connolly said.
UTR Global today announced the launch of Audit Assistant, a new software application that puts the cost-saving ability directly in a company’s hands. Audit Assistant provides 24/7 monitoring of their land and mobile telephone spending. They will be able to make sense, control and receive significant rebates on their telecommunications bills.
“Three months ago, we saved the Canadian arm of a global innovation firm with 3,000 employees $20,000 a month using Audit Assistant. Audit Assistant identifies the billing problem and allows you to email the worksheet directly to the vendor for correction,” says Connolly. “We have bundled our 20 years of experience into a package so Canadian companies can easily understand and manage their telcom billing.”
UTR Global looks at each engagement through this lens: all telephone bills are wrong until proven correct by a series of specialized audit activities. Traditionally, UTR Global reviews all the voice, data and wireless bills for a company – there are often hundreds if not thousands of bills to review – and finds the billing errors and opportunities. Audit Assistant has automated this process allowing companies to take charge of their costs.
Companies are overpaying for their phone services for three main reasons according to Connolly. Telecommunications companies are:
1. Not making the consumer aware of better pricing options
2. Billing for service that was disconnected
3. Billing the wrong rate or plan
Using Audit Assistant, companies will be able to put a “microscope” on areas of the invoice that have been susceptible to problems in billing – among the more prevalent include:
Rate and tariff errors
Missing contract billing rate schedules and options
Exorbitant rental equipment charges
Unexplained monthly service charges
Non-optimized wireless plans
Costly text messaging charges
Data plan and roaming optimization
Mis-applied long distance rates
Abandoned devices still on the bills
The company’s clients for the last two decades include all major Canadian financial institutions, Toronto-based hospitals, major oil and gas companies, Export Development Canada, 3M, Reitmans, Ernst & Young and Sanofi Pasteur.
“Managing the variables in telecom billing is an extensive job that is challenging for any one person or company to manage, especially because the telecommunications firms change the rules daily. Audit Assistant makes things easier for managers and allows them to do their job and manage their costs more effectively,” Connolly said.
Audit Assistant is a web-based application. With the billing data loaded into Audit Assistant clients are given individual login information that leads them to their specific billing information. From there, they click on Telecom Expense Management (TEM) Analysis which leads them to a page allowing them to review their telecommunications billing for errors and opportunities for savings. It’s simple.
Upon review of the billing errors, the client can automatically notify their vendor of the issues and request correction or send a message to UTR asking any questions. Connolly says, “We are here to work with our clients and create value by helping them get the bill right.”
UTR Global started working with North America’s largest organizations in 1991 helping them understand and manage their telecommunications costs. More than just an audit and billing verification services firm, in 1996 UTR developed a software solution, Financial Telemanagement System (FTS) and offered this web based solution as a software license or bundled with a Telecom Expense and Asset Management service offering.
The company’s unique offering and timing within the industry quickly secured North America’s largest financial services companies as clients. UTR’s solutions are scalable; our largest client manages over $350 million annually within FTS, while our smallest manages just $480,000. UTR is a full service telecom expense and asset management software and services company with 20 years of experience.
Friday, October 15, 2010
OFF TO THE RACES WITH EMIRATES
Emirates Airlines and guests were off to the races this week at the Woodbine Racetrack, taking part in the Post Draw Luncheon for the Breeder’s Cup Challenge.
This is the third year the airline has sponsored the Breeder’s Cup, but its interest in sports does not stop there. In addition to horse racing, Emirates also supports other world sporting events for tennis, soccer, golf and more.
“All of these events have a global nature to them and that’s really what Emirates is all about,” said Don McWilliam, manager, Canada, Emirates. “Horse racing is a global sport.”
Noting that through sports sponsorships, they are able to reach potential clients that may not have otherwise known the airline, McWilliam said that events such as the Breeder’s Cup allows Emirates to tell people what the airline is all about.
“These events give us an opportunity to display Emirates’ image and the Emirates experience,” he said.
Emirates takes part in Post Draw for Breeder’s Cup Challenge; Don McWilliam says it’s business as usual despite recent news from the UAETerrilyn KunopaskiDon McWilliam, manager, Canada, Emirates; Andrea Lukac, Punch; Jeremy Roenick, NHL all-star; Olga Petrycki, Punch; and Jeff Lake, Punch
Emirates and the UAE
With respect to recent news regarding a push for more airspace from the UAE, McWilliam pointed out that there is still a strong demand from Canadians for the airline’s product.
“Government officials deal with these things and from our perspective, it’s business as usual for Emirates in Canada,” he stressed.
A recent statement from Emirates' president, Tim Clark confirmed: "Emirates regrets these developments, but respects the positions taken by both the UAE and Canadian governments. We hope sincerely that there will be an amicable resolution in the future and we will continue to work with both sides to demonstrate the value added by increased air access between the two countries.
With respect to recent news regarding a push for more airspace from the UAE, McWilliam pointed out that there is still a strong demand from Canadians for the airline’s product.
“Government officials deal with these things and from our perspective, it’s business as usual for Emirates in Canada,” he stressed.
A recent statement from Emirates' president, Tim Clark confirmed: "Emirates regrets these developments, but respects the positions taken by both the UAE and Canadian governments. We hope sincerely that there will be an amicable resolution in the future and we will continue to work with both sides to demonstrate the value added by increased air access between the two countries.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Celebrate 48 years by traveling like James Bond
TRIPATLAS pays tribute by sharing Top 10 ‘Bond’ vacation spots in the world
Also included in the Top 10 list is the Orient Express – featured in the 1963 Bond film From Russia With Love. This passenger train has always been synonymous with luxury travel and intrigue.
“Who doesn’t want to travel like James Bond?” asks Snelling. “Having the location of a famous Bond film as your vacation backdrop is the height of luxury and TripAtlas offers the ideal channel for consumers to scope out editorial and connect
Get your white teeny-bikinis and sleek tuxedoes ready because today marks 48 years since Sean Connery was first introduced to the world as the infamous James Bond in the UK premiere of Dr. No (1962). The movie featured actress Ursula Andress on the beac
h in a stunning white bikini while the world got to know the suave double agent from England who 
visited casinos and drank martinis “shaken, not stirred.”
Now, what better time to pack for a themed adventure, James Bond style?
From Thailand to Las Vegas, TripAtlas – the world’s largest online travel resource, has rounded up the Top 10 places to travel like James Bond as part of its consumer offering for unique travel ideas. “At TripAtlas we stay current and ahead of the trends when it comes to offering inspirational ideas for adventure travel,” says Travis Snelling, Co-Founder of TripAtlas.com.
TripAtlas considers Japan the number one destination to ‘live like a spy’ on your next vacation. In You Only Live Twice (1967) the villain’s lair is hidden in a volcanic crater, similar to those seen in Kirishima-Yaku National Park. Take a trip to the foot of the mountains and indulge in the hot springs after a long day hiking the Kirishima Range.
h in a stunning white bikini while the world got to know the suave double agent from England who 
visited casinos and drank martinis “shaken, not stirred.”Now, what better time to pack for a themed adventure, James Bond style?
From Thailand to Las Vegas, TripAtlas – the world’s largest online travel resource, has rounded up the Top 10 places to travel like James Bond as part of its consumer offering for unique travel ideas. “At TripAtlas we stay current and ahead of the trends when it comes to offering inspirational ideas for adventure travel,” says Travis Snelling, Co-Founder of TripAtlas.com.
TripAtlas considers Japan the number one destination to ‘live like a spy’ on your next vacation. In You Only Live Twice (1967) the villain’s lair is hidden in a volcanic crater, similar to those seen in Kirishima-Yaku National Park. Take a trip to the foot of the mountains and indulge in the hot springs after a long day hiking the Kirishima Range.
Also included in the Top 10 list is the Orient Express – featured in the 1963 Bond film From Russia With Love. This passenger train has always been synonymous with luxury travel and intrigue. “Who doesn’t want to travel like James Bond?” asks Snelling. “Having the location of a famous Bond film as your vacation backdrop is the height of luxury and TripAtlas offers the ideal channel for consumers to scope out editorial and connect
with TripAtlas PROs to ensure their adventure
vacation dreams come to life,” adds Snelling.
The full list of vacation spots appears as follows:
# 10 – Miami
# 9 – Orient Express
# 8 – Italy
# 7 – London (England)
# 6 – Monaco
# 5 – Las Vegas
# 4 – Bahamas
# 3 – Jamaica
# 2 – Thailand
# 1 – Japan
For list and full descriptors, please visit http://tripatlas.com/list.html?id=35
TripAtlas.com TripAtlas.com is a unique one-stop online resource offering international trip planning advice and is designed for travelers seeking new experiences. The site features a travel research guide, real-time travel professional advice and more than 90 million pages of industry articles, blogs, trends, destination guides and hot vacation deals. Consumers can submit their travel inquiries via Trip Builder reaching a network of TripAtlas PROs who review the leads and respond to information requests.
The site receives millions of unique visitors each year from more than 200 countries and features content in 12 languages.
# 10 – Miami
# 9 – Orient Express
# 8 – Italy
# 7 – London (England)
# 6 – Monaco
# 5 – Las Vegas
# 4 – Bahamas
# 3 – Jamaica
# 2 – Thailand
# 1 – Japan
For list and full descriptors, please visit http://tripatlas.com/list.html?id=35
TripAtlas.com TripAtlas.com is a unique one-stop online resource offering international trip planning advice and is designed for travelers seeking new experiences. The site features a travel research guide, real-time travel professional advice and more than 90 million pages of industry articles, blogs, trends, destination guides and hot vacation deals. Consumers can submit their travel inquiries via Trip Builder reaching a network of TripAtlas PROs who review the leads and respond to information requests.
The site receives millions of unique visitors each year from more than 200 countries and features content in 12 languages.
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