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Customer analytics: Using data to improve your bottom line

In the past, telecommunications companies were forced to make educated guesses on consumer preferences. But now, big data provides almost endless information as to who uses your services and how.

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Improving call center customer experience: 3 strategies for proactively using...

Telecommunications companies collect massive amounts of call center customer experience data every day, including wait times, call types and recorded files from each call. But what do companies...

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User-generated data: Customer insights straight from the source

For telecommunications providers, your services are integrated throughout most of your customers' daily lives, including when they are calling loved ones, surfing the Internet and watching their...

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Mobile network security: How to use data analytics to prevent false charges

The FCC estimates that telecommunications providers lose $150 million each year from subscriber fraud through cloned cell phones, data fraud on SIM cards and cell phones purchased with fake names. RCR...

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Telecommunication systems: Using data to compete without having a fire sale

I love a good sale. It's hard to resist the temptation of getting a designer shirt for an eighth of the cost and filling your bag full of clothes for the same price you'd normally spend on a single...

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A predictive analytics tool can save your customers time and help the economy

Your telecommunications company has its big data strategy down to a science. You collect data, mine it and then use it to provide personalized service, design targeted marketing campaigns and create...

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Personalized patient care: Using data analytics to reduce office visits and...

By using data analytics to provide personalized patient care, you can improve your patients' health and reduce their office visits.

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The Internet of Things impact: Telco challenges and opportunities

Much of our lives already revolve around smart devices. But our reliance is about to become much stronger. The Internet of Things impact is set to expand as the market for network-enabled devices is...

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Incorrect billing management: Using data to spot and prevent false charges

Although cramming — a company fraudulently charging someone's phone bill — technically is the fault of a third party, consumers assume that the charge is due to their carriers' incorrect billing...

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Natural disaster alerts: Telecommunications providers can save lives through...

My phone buzzed, as it had all day, with tornado warnings and natural disaster alerts from the weather station serving towns over an hour away. I almost ignored it, but I was glad I glanced down. A...

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Building customer loyalty: More than just rewards and punch cards

In the business world, the word "loyalty" conjures up images of key ring cards, punch systems and reward points. But telecommunications providers that use these systems for building customer loyalty...

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Chief data officers using data to drive ROI from smiles

Many travel and hospitality companies are turning to data analytics to monetize customer satisfaction and drive greater customers. Businesses can use insights gleaned from big data analytics to provide...

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5 innovative healthcare trends that are right around the corner

With new models of patient care, it's essential to develop new, effective ways to manage information. Providers are increasingly turning to data analytics to take advantage of innovative healthcare...

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Patient analytics: 3 ways data can help physicians make faster decisions

Healthcare professionals can provide personalized care by analyzing the each patient's data. This includes mHealth data, risk calculators, drug summaries and health records.

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Improve gaps in care: No more telephone game during transitions

Transitions are important in healthcare. Even more important is ensuring that patient information follows people when they shift from one provider to another or move to a different facility. Learn how...

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Employee satisfaction data increases productivity by engaging workers

Every company, regardless of its size and resources, can use employee satisfaction data to increase workers' happiness. Recent research has found that engaged workers are significantly more productive.

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Customer satisfaction data: The answers are on social media

Social media can give you many of the answers necessary to help educate customers on your current features, services and billing. By taking advantage of this readily available data and analyzing it to...

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3 ways to use an enterprise data hub effectively

Data storage is an important consideration. The old models of extracting and converting data simply don't work with data analytics. There is too much data in too many different formats. The solution is...

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Innovative hospitality: 3 ways to use data-driven guest personalization to...

Hotels cannot produce results by simply collecting the right data. Revenue increases can be generated when hotels use this information to create personalized experiences for each guest through...

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Predictive analytics: The key to reducing outages and increasing customer...

No one likes it when their phone doesn't work. Using predictive analytics, you can take action to prevent outages and increase customer satisfaction.

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