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Telecom Billing and Payment Terms: Fighting the Hidden Costs

No Jitter Janine Goodman Lawyers at our firm, Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP (LB3), are often asked whether contract clauses concerning limitations of liability, force majeure or indemnification are ever actually invoked. No one ever asks this about billing and payment provisions. It is a truism of modern telecom […]

Avoiding Unexpected Cost Increases While Trying To Save

No Jitter (www.nojitter.com) Jim Blaszak & Andrew Brown Historically, enterprise customers have been able to count on annual telecom cost reductions of 10-15%. Even with greater industry concentration, well-done deals can still realize significant cost reductions. But in current economic conditions, where IT and telecom departments need to show some […]

Extreme Makeover, Wireless Edition

Restructuring your wireless service arrangements following a reorganization or downsizing Network World Kevin DiLallo and Ben Fox Corporate reorganizations are becoming almost commonplace in this difficult economic climate. Even the largest, most storied institutions are finding themselves parties to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and downsizings they probably didn’t envision as recently […]

2008 in Review and What to Expect in 2009

No Jitter (www.nojitter.com) Hank Levine and Jim Blaszak In 2008, businesses procured inter-city telecommunications services from an already highly concentrated, but in some cases very competitive, industry. We don’t expect major changes to the telecom industry structure in 2009. Change in the party controlling the White House and the U.S. […]

A recession-era guide to network service agreements

Network World Hank Levine and Mark Johnston Not many enterprises have been lucky enough to escape the effects of the current economic downturn. If your company is going through a downsizing, merger, acquisition, or even bankruptcy, there are steps you can take to retool your network service agreements and save […]