Alsbridge Releases a Buyers’ Guide to Understanding and Purchasing Telecom Services

Award winning benchmarking, sourcing and transformation advisory firm, Alsbridge, releases a new report Telecom Buyers' Guide: Understanding Telecom and How to Buy It-which includes steps needed to source telecom services and reviews the process of vendor selection—not only for a the buyers’ needs today but also what they will need three to five years from now.

In an effort to guide potential buyers through the complex process of sourcing telecom services, Alsbridge has assembled this handbook to assist potential buyers in understanding their legacy services, as well as present new opportunities to optimize current telecommunications.

The report covers how to:
• Compare and understand telecom carrier services
• Understand telecom carrier pricing
• Evaluate telecom carriers’ RFP responses
• Assess telecom carrier services options
• Understand telecommunications technologies

Alsbridge CEO, Chip Wagner says, “For most corporate customers, great telecommunications services alone will not cause their businesses to succeed. But terrible telecommunications services can certainly cause their businesses to fail.”

If you are a telecommunications services buyer, this guide will provide you clarity on the topics you will most want to better understand — before you shop for a provider. These are things every telecom services buyer needs. You can download the complete handbook Telecom Buyers' Guide: Understanding Telecom and How to Buy It.

 About Alsbridge Inc.

Alsbridge is a global consulting firm that provides data-driven sourcing advisory and benchmarking services for IT, Finance and Sourcing executives.  We’ve helped hundreds of companies reduce costs and get more value from their vendors.  Our experienced consultants leverage proprietary tools and information databases to identify and engage the optimal vendors for your situation, negotiate best practice terms at fair market prices, and improve the way you work with your vendors.  Alsbridge clients utilize the most cost effective and value added sources globally for IT infrastructure services, hardware and maintenance, network services, software and maintenance, application support and development, business processes and cloud services. Alsbridge was ranked the #1 outsourcing advisor in the world by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) based on the value delivered to clients.  This commitment to delivering value to our clients has made Alsbridge a distinguished member of the 2010 Inc. 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America.