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Managing Millions of Lines
By: Mellenie Runion

How do we process millions of CDR's and invoice details in hours? It is not that we have a bunch of genies at TeleBright. ManageRight software accommodates electronic data imports and exports, along with the CDR from EDI, Access databases, and CSV files. The automation results in speed, accuracy, and volume.

Authorized personnel can immediately view:

• Cost allocations for individual and pool plans
• Individual impacts upon corporate invoices
• Call detail records for audit, security and tracking purposes

CDR = Call detail records are the details of a phone number.

EDI = Electronic data interchange allows computer systems to exchange information.

CSV = Comma separated value is a spreadsheet format.

National emission reductions of greenhouse gas could be underway very soon. The public hearings are taking place in VA and CA during early April. Reporting would be mandatory for:

• Electric power facilities
• Vehicle and engine manufacturers
• Industrial manufacturing
• Agriculture
• Upstream suppliers
• Landfill, wastewater treatment, ethanol, and food processing

Learn more about the EPA plan.

Google continues to grow as our reliance on their technology swells. Google Voice is the latest release from Google after they acquired GrandCentral. In 2007 Google began development for the Google Voice release in 2009. The technology resolves the issue of having multiple phone numbers, email accounts, and even pagers in your life.

Trying to access all your messages at various locations can become a real pain. A Ui-number is a centralized location on the web for you and all your messages. It gives the user the ability to leave customized messages for each caller. You can see text messages or read your voice messages. The software is not perfect but it provides free voice mail transcriptions, free conference calling, inexpensive international calls, text message organization and ad free. All and all, it's pretty dreamy and will ultimately change business services.

For more information: http://www.google.com/voice/about

EPA Challenges Americans by Launching National Cell Phone Recycling Week: April 6-12

100 million recycled cell phones save enough energy to power 18,500 homes

Contact:  Latisha Petteway, (202) 564-4355 / petteway.latisha@epa.gov

EPA is launching National Cell Phone Recycling Week as part of its efforts to celebrate Earth Day the entire month of April. The week, which runs from April 6 through April 12, is a joint effort between EPA’s Plug-In To eCycling program and leading cell phone manufacturers, retailers and service providers to increase national awareness about the importance of cell phone recycling.

“With Earth Day approaching, people are thinking about what they can do to give back to our planet,” said Matt Hale, director of EPA’s Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery.  “Recycling your old cell phone is a great way to conserve resources and help make a greener world.”

To celebrate National Cell Phone Recycling Week, Plug-In partners across the country, including AT&T, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless, are introducing a series of in-store promotions, contests, and giveaways.  The partners will provide in-store and online recycling opportunities for consumers.

With only 10 percent of unwanted cell phones being recycled in 2007, EPA is encouraging consumers to increase the nation’s cell phone recycling rate.  Recycling or reusing cell phones helps the environment by saving energy and keeping reusable materials out of landfills.  Cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) are made of precious metals, copper, and plastics.  Recycling or reusing them not only conserves these materials, it also prevents air and water pollution and reduces greenhouse gas emissions that occur during manufacturing and when extracting and processing virgin materials.  If Americans recycled the 100 million cell phones that are no longer being used, enough energy would be saved to power more than 18,500 homes for a year.

Donating cell phones or PDAs can also have social benefits for communities.  In fact, many existing recycling programs donate cell phones that are in good working order to worthy charities, raise funds for charitable organizations, or provide them for discounted sale. 

Plug-In To eCycling is a voluntary partnership between EPA and electronics manufacturers, retailers, and service providers to offer consumers more opportunities to donate or recycle their used electronics.  In 2007, as part of their commitment to the program, retailers and electronics manufacturers voluntarily recycled more than 47 million pounds of electronics, mostly computers and televisions.

Information about EPA’s Plug-In to eCycling program:  http://www.epa.gov/plugin
Information about cell phone recycling:  http://www.epa.gov/cellphones

View all news releases related to trash and recycling

From the founder and former CEO of Zipcar, Robin Chase is the brain child behind GoLoco. Connecting friends, family, and friends of friends to share transportation costs of local and long distance travel. GoLoco is free to join and search for connections. Once you arrange a trip a transaction fees are exchanged electronically, so there is no need to carry money for the driver.

Check out GoLoco for your next eco friendly trip.

We are proud to announce our newest team members:

Ms. Inna Stair, Account Assistant