The Future of Wireless Mobile Communication
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When people ask for advice about adopting new technology it's usually because they’ve become aware of a new piece of snazzy hardware. They look at the price of the latest PDA or smartphone and then try to work out what competitive advantages it might bring to their business.
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To approach wireless mobile communications in this way is the wrong way round. It's not the hardware or its new functionality that is important. It's changing the way your mobile workers operate and collaborate which should be the starting point.
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Integrating mobile technology into your business can improve productivity, responsiveness and flexibility. Fundamentally, it is about gaining a competitive advantage by increasing the speed and agility of how your business operates. This is what really matters together with the impact on cost reduction and increased revenue. In many cases, the adoption of mobile technology can save sufficient costs to more than cover the initial hardware investment itself.
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We are in the middle of a digital revolution and for the average person in the street a pretty confusing one. WiFi, Bluetooth, 2.5G, EDGE, 3G - what does it all mean? Well, unless you're working in the industry you don't really need to know. The only knowledge that the average user requires is to know that wireless technologies are the future platform for communication.
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In my opinion, the fixed landline is now on its last legs. Fixed line telecom companies are beginning to suffer as a result of the advances in the quality and coverage of wireless technology. Wireless mobile communication will soon become so commonplace that hardwired telephony will seem as dated as communicating by Morse code.
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Our children already communicate with each other, to a significant degree, on their own mobile phones. They have adopted the technology without a second thought and so must industry if it is to be competitive.
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