The uncomfortable truth about business telecoms
The average UK business is paying significantly more for its telecoms than it should. Contracts auto-renew. Tariffs become uncompetitive. Services that were once necessary are no longer used but still billed. And nobody reviews it because nobody has time.
A telecoms audit — carried out by an independent expert — routinely identifies savings of 20-40% for businesses that have not reviewed their spend in the last 2-3 years. For a business spending £3,000 per month on telecoms, that is a potential saving of £7,000-£14,000 per year.
What a telecoms audit covers
A proper telecoms audit is not just a comparison of call costs. It covers your entire telecoms estate: mobile contracts and data tariffs, fixed broadband and leased lines, ISDN lines (which should be replaced ahead of 2027 anyway), WAN and MPLS circuits, unified communications licensing, conferencing services, and any hardware rental charges bundled into your contracts.
Why companies do not do it themselves
The honest answer is that telecoms contracts are deliberately complex. Providers use this complexity to their advantage — bundling services in ways that make comparison difficult, locking businesses into multi-year contracts with auto-renewal clauses, and offering "loyalty discounts" that are usually far below market rate.
An independent audit cuts through this complexity. We obtain your contracts and bills, analyse them against current market rates, and produce a clear report showing exactly where you are overpaying and how to fix it.
The process — and why it costs you nothing
Open Way Technologies carries out telecoms audits at no cost to the businesses we advise. We are paid by the providers we introduce clients to. If your current provider is genuinely competitive, we will tell you — and renegotiating from a position of independent market knowledge usually delivers better terms anyway.
If a switch is recommended, we manage the process. Contact us to arrange a free telecoms audit.