Is your mobile data usage burning money? | BW Magazine
Are you a business owner who has had a shock mobile data bill? You’re not alone, writes The One Point…
Many organisations unknowingly spend too much money on a poorly managed business phone contract, costing them thousands of pounds each year.
It can be challenging to track how much data everyone in your team is using, especially if they work remotely or travel frequently. Uncontrolled use, however, risks that one person could use up all the available data for the whole group without anyone else knowing until it’s too late!
We can check daily on your company’s usage across a whole team and make insightful suggestions to help reduce use before you get hit with any unexpected bills.
The One Point’s proactive team means that you don’t have to worry about bill shock anymore; we’ll do it for you!
If you do find you’re spending more than you expected, we’ll help to find the best way forward to manage your team’s usage. At The One Point we put the focus on the customer needs and look for ways to break down ridged boundaries with the help of the flexibility offered by O2.
An added benefit is security. Suppose users don’t have the right business apps installed. In that case, business owners can remotely install them, allowing for more secure mobile working practices that will reduce the risk of viruses making their way onto your business phones and tablets.
How else can businesses cut down on data usage?
Make use of wifi – When safe to do so
Teams can make wise use of secure wifi networks, which means they’re not using data for public internet access. A secure network can be considered a business premise network or the users own home network. A public network is one where anyone can join, such as a coffee shop.
As a rule of thumb, you should always say no when your phone asks you to update or download something with your mobile data. Waiting for secure data can prevent malware and ransomware attacks meaning your business data does not get into the wrong hands.
Don’t leave video apps on autoplay
Make sure that any video app your team may be using has autoplay disabled. In most video apps, you can usually disable this function in the settings menu. By neglecting to turn off autoplay, it’s easy for practical applications like YouTube to have videos run on repeat when not switched off properly.
Ensure your team knows to deselect play, so you don’t have videos repeating and using data.
After using an app, it’s a good idea to turn it off properly
Go ahead and share these tips with your team – not only cn they help them save buisness data but their own personal data too.
Business phone contracts shared across your whole team can be a great way to keep your people connected and a convenient way to manage your business mobiles. Unfortunately, they also have the potential to become quite costly if you don’t have an appropriate business mobile contract in place.
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For more information, call us today on 01482 420150, and we’ll be happy to answer any questions about how we can protect your business from higher bills than you should be paying.