Two organizations often mean two sets of carrier relationships, duplicate contracts, and fragmented negotiating leverage. RLM consolidates carrier relationships, renegotiates contracts at combined volume, and designs the provider strategy that reduces cost and complexity across the merged entity.
RLM provides independent, vendor-neutral advisory that gives deal teams and integration leaders the technology clarity they need to make informed decisions and execute with confidence.
We catalog every carrier engagement across both organizations — voice, data, internet, MPLS, SIP, and wireless — documenting providers, contract terms, spend levels, and the service each carrier delivers at each location.
We aggregate spend across both organizations to create combined purchasing power — quantifying the total addressable market that gives the merged entity significantly stronger negotiating position with every carrier.
We lead carrier renegotiations on behalf of the merged entity — leveraging combined volume, competitive alternatives, and market pricing intelligence to secure better rates, improved SLAs, and more favorable contract structures.
We evaluate which carrier relationships to maintain, consolidate, or exit — balancing coverage, service quality, pricing, and the operational complexity of managing multiple provider relationships post-merger.
We design the carrier transition plan — sequencing service migrations, managing number ports, coordinating circuit cutovers, and ensuring continuous service availability throughout the consolidation process.
We establish the post-merger carrier governance model — escalation paths, performance monitoring, contract renewal calendars, and the regular review cadence that maintains negotiating leverage over time.
Start with a no-cost carrier assessment — we'll map every relationship, quantify the combined leverage, and build the consolidation strategy.
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