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Evolve or Die
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The Top 10 things you need to consider when choosing your next interconnect voice management platform
Companies often twist themselves in knots trying to figure out what criteria they should use to make the right decision when selecting a major tool set.
The “I am going to build it” fallacy
Okay, for many years now, those of you who have read our content know that we are ardent proponents of NOT building solutions if it is not material to your competitive advantage.
Competitive Differentiation: What makes us different?
In any industry, it is important to pursue a bunch of goals. Some of these goals are:
Maybe what differentiates a company in the marketplace is their attention to detail. If it’s not, maybe it should be…
Competitive differentiation is an important aspect in any industry but is often overlooked or under invested in amongst companies.
Which vendor is the best vendor for you?
How do you choose the right vendor for your interconnect voice solution? Do you create an RFP? Do you focus on price? Do you focus on ease of use or implementation? Do you look at their existing customers?
What does the future in interconnect voice look like?
What will interconnect voice look like in 3, 5, or even 10 years? Will it all go away? Will all calls be free? Will voice carriers even exist?
Razor thin gross margins requires massive efficiency
In the world of interconnect voice, wholesalers still exist and, believe it or not, even the pure arbitrage folks are still out there, scratching and crawling to survive and sustain themselves.
Simply the best: The GCS Interconnect Voice Command Platform
Okay, that’s a little boastful. How do we know we have the best platform? Could it be our patent? Maybe. Could it be our real-time routing capabilities?
The critical criteria when selecting your next interconnect voice management platform
The complex world of interconnect voice means you need complex systems to run this portion of your voice business.
Interconnect voice, not as easy as we make it look
Interconnect voice in 2019 is an incredibly complex marketplace/industry. Massive data volumes, micro thin margins, enormous complexity, combine to make it appear almost impossible to efficiently and profitably manage the business.
What does success in interconnect voice look like?
As a provider of interconnect voice solutions, we often engage existing customers in a variety of tactical and strategic discussions.
Routing: Where rubber meets the road
Routing capabilities, the key to matching what carriers’ networks deliver to what their business objectives/goals are, is where the rubber meets the road in interconnect voice.
Extolling the virtue of investing in interconnect voice
Wait! Wait! Don’t leave. Continue reading. We know, we know. How many times are you going to have to read a post from us about the virtue of interconnect voice
Improving the interconnect voice sales person’s dreams!
Sometimes, in this wacky industry, it can feel like the carrier’s interconnect voice sales teams are relegated to the “red-headed stepchild” category.
Interconnect Voice – A future run by machines?
We’ve seen it in every industry, every sci-fi book or movie, the future is going to be run by machines. Robots and artificial intelligence are knocking on the doors of every industry. Read More
Don’t quit on your interconnect voice operations
The interconnect voice industry is frustrating, challenging, dynamic, interesting, in a word…INFURIATING!
The way forward toward success is clear… AUTOMATION!
We’ve written dozens of articles about the evolution of the interconnect voice industry and how it has changed, progressed, regressed, morphed, and evolved.
Open Market LCR – Still crazy after all these years!
In the world of interconnect voice, despite the wild machinations that take the industry from one giant evolutionary step to another, seemingly headed for a crash where all voice traffic will be entirely free,
The importance of expertise in your interconnect voice platform vendor
So, you have finally made the decision that you need to replace your interconnect voice management platform. Congratulations!