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The Center for Communications Management Information (CCMI), a provider of telecom rate and data information and applications, and Voice Report, a free, online information service for enterprise communications technology professionals, have recently announced the opening of the Telecom Expense Management National Summit 2011.

The 7th annual Telecom Expense Management National Summit will be held on May 23 and 24 at The Madison hotel in Washington, D.C.

The Summit attracts communications technology professionals from Fortune 1000 companies across the country to hear the latest developments in fixed and mobile communications expense management. The Summit will also feature an exhibit area, the TEM Expo, where enterprise attendees can see and compare the latest expense management solution from top tier providers.

This year the TEM Summit will be focussing on three key themes, contracts, expense management core functions and transformative technologies, like SIP trunking, wherein each theme will be addressed by leading attorneys, key industry analysts and communications professionals from Fortune 1000 companies.

Also, the program will include a unique panel discussion that features senior-level officials from the leading expense management solution providers. Current panellists include C-level executives from Invoice Insight, Rivermine Software and MDSL (News - Alert). The President of CCMI and Publisher of Voice Report, George David will be providing the Welcome speech and making introductions at the TEM 2011.

In a release, the President of CCMI and Publisher of Voice Report, George David, said, “Telecom expense management, or TEM, solutions have grown to encompass the entire procurement-to-payment process, or the communications life cycle. And with communications services especially mobile services now ingrained in virtually every facet of today’s modern enterprise, the ability to manage the communication life cycle has become a strategic necessity and a competitive differentiator.”

He added, “The TEM National Summit is a unique opportunity for enterprises to discover craft and implement an expense management strategy tailored to their specific mix of services and expense streams. The agenda is largely the work of our Advisory Panel, and I am especially grateful for the contributions made by Dave Orth, director of voice & data communications at Gannett Co., Inc., Steve Martin, IT chief financial officer at Liberty Mutual Insurance, Dan Coulter, telecommunications manager at FIS and Justin Castillo, partner at Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby, LLP.”