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The communications market has witnessed a consistent and constant decrease in prices for voice and data services; industry analysts say rates for wireless services will fall another 15%, voice services will drop 20-25%, and data services will slide 7-10% in the foreseeable future. But despite these dramatic declines in service rates, many business enterprises continue to experience either flat or rising costs for communications. And, even where procurement groups are actively managing the communications spend they’re frequently leaving money on the table because their sourcing tools are too simple for such a unique and complex category. Click here to download a White Paper from Avotus on how to extract maximum value from strategic communications sourcing.
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