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August/September 2017
Telecom Reseller 15 A Primer on TEM Vendor Solution
Ask the Telecom Pro - September 2017
Q: What is Narrowband IoT?
A: NarrowbandIoT,orNB-IoT,is low power wide area network technology that uses the
LTE spectrum to connect IoT devices. The main application for NB-IoT technology is to connect devices that require small amounts of data over long periods of time. NB-IoT is optimized for low power consumption, which extends battery life to 10 years or more.
Q: Can a telecom tax be taxed?
A: Taxes cannot be taxed, but many surcharges and fees can be taxed. Carriers frequently label surcharges and fees using the term ‘tax’, though. For example, carriers in the United States may have to pay a property tax to a state government. The carrier has the right to pass that tax amount on to customers in the form of a tax recovery fee. That recovery fee may be subject to taxation by federal, state or local governments. This makes it appear as if a tax is being taxed. Details of all surcharges and fees assessed on a carrier invoice
are typically detailed in carrier service guides or master service agreements. If your carrier does not have the information readily available, then ask your carrier representative for clari cation in writing.
ADelivery Con gurations
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by Timothy C. Colwell, SVP Ef ciency First® Adoption – AOTMP (www.aotmp.com)
enterprise handles whatever the vendor does not.
l Business Process Outsourcing (fully managed). e vendor assumes all TEM work streams such as invoice processing and the enterprise receives the results.
l Professional/Consulting Services. is
is an add-on to TEM lifecycle management whereby the vendor completes speci c telecom management tasks (contract negotiations, technology refresh, project management, etc.) on a project basis. n
n ongoing point of confusion in the di erentiate TEM vendor proposals and to telecom expense management (TEM) clarify the services and technology being market revolves around vendor solution proposed.
delivery models. Not all vendors deliver the
same solutions and there is not a single delivery l Technology-Only (so ware only, not very
model that’s right for everyone; enterprise business requirements guide selecting the right TEM solution to satisfy business objectives.
When exploring TEM solutions it is important to understand the scope of the solution and the delivery method proposed. e delivery method plays a role in determining the party responsible for the various telecom management work streams; the responsible party may be the vendor, the customer or responsibilities may be shared as speci ed in a statement of work.
ere are ve TEM solution delivery con gurations. Use these descriptions to
common). e vendor provides so ware-as- a-service (SaaS) or on-premises so ware, the enterprise performs all the work.
l Technology plus Host-and-Load (most common so ware only con guration). Via SaaS, the vendor loads carrier invoices while the enterprise handles all other work.
l Technology and Managed Services (partially managed). rough SaaS or on-premises so ware, the vendor does everything speci ed in the statement of work, while the
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Nokia drives key European research ...continued from page 13
implementation of the architecture for two use cases in real-world testbeds – heavy communications usage in a tourist-heavy city, and secure and reliable communication in a seaport environment
l Evaluation, validation, and veri cation of the architecture performance
Project website: https://www.5g-monarch.eu
Peter Merz, head of End-to-End Mobile Networks Solutions at Nokia Bell Labs, says:
“5G PPP brings together a range of stakeholders from the communications technology sector and other industries. We follow a shared architecture of what the next-generation communications infrastructure needs to look like to enable and meet the network demands of the next decade. 5G communication needs both private and public entities to invest in the infrastructure
and ensure Europe remains competitive. Nokia
is fully committed to the 5G-PPP: we have delivered know-how and innovative technologies since its launch in 2015 in order to strengthen the European 5G footprint.”
More at https://5g-ppp.eu/, https://ec.europa. eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/what- horizon-2020 and www.nokia.com. n