Update and procurement of telecom lines using automated reconciliation of device information

A method of managing telecommunications devices comprising:

• providing software executing on a computer which communicates with a plurality of telecommunications provider servers which each communicate with a group of a plurality of telecommunications devices, each telecommunications device having device information including device identification information and information indicative of one or more telecommunications plans for each telecommunications device;
• determining a time for an expected run of a computer program which makes changes to telecommunications plans of one or more of the plurality of telecommunications devices to reduce costs based on measured telecommunications usage of the plurality of devices;
• prior to said expected run and with said software, obtaining updated device information via a telecommunications network from one or more of the plurality of telecommunications provider servers such that the device information is up to date;
• after obtaining said updated device information, running the computer program to determine changes to the telecommunications plans of the one or more of the plurality of devices by using the device information which is up to date due to the obtaining step and the computer program modifying the telecommunications plans of the one or more of the plurality of devices by transmitting a request to at least one of the plurality of telecommunications provider servers.

A method of managing telecommunications devices comprising:

• providing software executing on a computer which identifies a request to change or add a telecommunications plan for one or more of a plurality of telecommunications devices;
• said software upon receiving the request communicates with one or more data stores over one or more networks, the data stores having telecommunications plan information and device information stored thereon, the device information including device identification information indicative of device type and the telecommunications plan information indicative of active lines;
• said software, prior to transmitting a response to said request to change or add the telecommunications plan, obtaining updated device from the one or more data stores and updating data records in a system data store with the updated device information such that the device information is up to date;
• after obtaining said updated device information, running the computer program to determine changes or additions the telecommunications plans of the one or more of the plurality of devices based on the updated device information in the system data store and the computer program modifying the telecommunications plans of the one or more of the plurality of devices by transmitting a request to at least one of a plurality of telecommunications provider servers after obtaining said updated device information.