One of the biggest challenges to managing your wireless telecom costs is establishing, then managing an inventory of all your cell phones and wireless cards. Even if you have as few as 100 wireless phones, establishing the inventory can be a challenge. Let run through the basics:

If you do not have on-line access to your wireless telecom service provider, get on-line now. AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and TMobile have different levels of information available, with AT&T offering the most and TMobile and Sprint offering the least, but any electronic data will be beneficial. Download the wireless inventory information from the web site. This can be hard to find, but it is generally available. At a minimum, you want a list of active cell phone and wireless card numbers. You need to know which number have voice service and which is only data.

 Frequently, the wireless telecom carrier will have some identifying information in the inventory, such as: wireless user name, a department name, or cost center. This information is typically collected at the time the wireless devices is issued, but depending upon the controls in place and how long ago the information was provided, it will … Read the rest