In today’s enterprise, complex mobile-based technology infrastructure coupled with the growth of enterprise mobility means burgeoning telecom expense management costs are a fact of life. To drive efficiencies of telecom costs, assets and services implementing a TEM solution is now more important than ever.

Dealing with an ever-increasing device population in the enterprise is a critical issue for most businesses. Managing telecoms assets and costs across the entire device lifecycle – everything from ordering and provisioning through to invoice processing and device retirement – is now more complex and challenging than ever. It’s a big job, and it’s why CFOs everywhere are paying attention to Telecom Expense Management (TEM). And it’s not just because it saves money.

For all businesses, timely and reliable communications within the organisation and with customers and suppliers is critical to success. However, as the demands of business communications grow ever more sophisticated, managing communications requirements becomes ever more complex, as does the communications spend.

Long gone are the days when your team was tethered to the office, relying on filing cabinets and fax machines to get the job done.

Today, mobile devices allow your people to work anytime, and from virtually anywhere, improving business efficiency, productivity, teamwork, collaboration and the speed of business. But going mobile in your business also presents some enterprise mobility management challenges.

As you may know, one of imei’s major CSR initiatives involves supporting the Harding Miller Education Foundation. This incredibly worthy cause, which was established by Kim Harding and Irene Miller, provides scholarships to Australian girls who have high academic potential but are deemed as disadvantaged. These scholarships have led to a shift in the way these students view themselves and their prospects for the future.