Designing Carrier Services

A step by step guide through the design process, with heavy emphasis on the potholes, hurdles and things to expect when designing a carrier service.

Long Distance Service Deployment Plan

The long distance deployment guidebook is your key to a successful long distance launch. Packed with information from types of long distance access to launch milestones and timelines, it is designed to make your long distance deployment quick and effective.

Role of Wholesale in Revenue Development and Cost Management

Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of using a carrier's carrier. For example, what is required to terminate traffic at the lowest cost or finding the easiest way to sell the surplus capacity in your network.

Drivers for LD Competition

This guidebook focuses on a number of issues brought about by long distance competition. For example what percentage of consumers will switch carriers, what are their expectations, how those expectations evolve over time and product and marketing strategies to encourage them to choose your carrier.

Selling Long Distance on the Internet

Selling services via the Internet is the fastest growing form of retail sale. This guidebook considers the benefits and issues of telecom e-commerce and how to implement an e-commerce solution.

Guidelines for Creating a Local Services Business Case

Preparing to deliver local exchange services is more capital intensive then long distance. This presentation demonstrates a fast methodology to plan and understand the capital needs for the delivery of local exchange services. And, some of the key questions that must be addressed before spending any money on deployment.

Risk Management Solution for Post Paid Long Distance

Showing the incumbent carrier the benefits of being the marketís billing and collections agent.

Glossary of Commonly Used Terms

Telecom is rich in unique terms and three letter acronyms. This presentation explains what the terms and words mean, and how they are used.

Role of Regulatory Policy Development and Enforcement on the Delivery of Basic Telecom Services

This guidebook considers how to work within the most common regulatory frameworks.

Risk Management Solution for Post Paid Long Distance

Describes the implications of a consumer's bad debt on new market entrants, and the alternatives to manage that bad debt exposure.

The Incumbent's Anti-Competition Playbook and How to Beat it!!

How to use all of the advantages available to a new market entrant to win market share from an incumbent that is actively anti-competition.

Value of an Independent Database Administrator in Long Distance Presubscription Administration

Describes the benefit of a neutral party responsible for implementing and monitoring customerís carrier selections. And, how to work most effectively in markets where database administrators exist.

Billing System Selection Considerations

Basic telecom services are a commodity. The only differentiator is how they are delivered and billed. This presentation illustrates how to plan and fund the creation of a billing system that can scale as the customer's billing expectations evolve.

Interconnect Discussion Points White Paper

This white paper considers how each aspect of the interconnect agreement will impact the success of your carrier can be in competition with the incumbent. It then discusses what is the most equitable interconnect arrangement and which points to emphasize when negotiating for it.

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