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Title:

Development of a B2B SAAS platform to provide telecom costs reduction analytics

Agreement Number:

CARD1

Agreement Value:

$25,000.00

Agreement Date:

Jul 12, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Ontario, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q2-00020

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019).

Recipient's Legal Name:

Williamson, Vanessa (Seneca College)

Program:

Engage Grants for Colleges

Program Purpose:

Costek, a Toronto-based company, helps its clients achieve the optimum results from their telecom services whilst reducing their overall telecom spend. The Costek mission is to, over the next five years, help medium sized businesses save at least $10B in telecom spend. They have developed an enterprise grade service, sophisticated tools and proprietary data models that are accessible to any business at no upfront cost through Costeks consulting business. Through engaging with Costek, their customers are provided with telecom cost reduction analytics to boost their productivity - by maximizing cost-savings and supercharging their efficiency through the implementation of a better, leaner, needs-driven telecom service.x000D
The company-specific opportunity that this project will address is one of productivity and scalability. The solution is to develop and implement of a B2B SAAS (software as a service) platform to provide automated telecom costs reduction analytics. Costek aims to lower its operational cost, improve its reach to global clients and create new jobs in Ontario, while helping its clients significantly lower the spend on their telecom cost.