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Apr
26

Business people won’t survive without wireless technology

KonstantinMake It Big

I work at office, in my car, at home, everywhere. My clients don’t like to wait. My co-workers don’t like to be out of access. My cell phone is my only tool on the go. My BlackBerry is my office outside of my office. I check my e-mails about twenty times an hour. I know I am cell phone media addicted. If you are the same we are in the same club!

There is no way to conduct a small business today without wireless devices. Business people rely heavily on wireless technology to stay connected to their business and customers while gaining flexibility and time away from the office.

According to an AT&T survey of 1,000 small business owners, 42 percent of small business owners wouldn’t survive without wireless technology. There is a strong expectation of increasing the use of cell phones and other wireless devices by business people in the near future. 55 percent of respondents indicated that they expect to depend on wireless technology more two years from now.

Other key findings included:

Nearly two-thirds of respondents (61 percent) said they were likely to conduct business while away from the office.

More than half (56 percent) believe it’s important to have flexibility to mix work with personal business in their daily routine.

Half (49 percent) said they are optimistic about wireless technology giving their business a competitive advantage.

10 participating markets made these following rankings: Atlanta, San Diego, Dallas, Charlotte, Detroit, Bay Area, Chicago, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Milwaukee.

Obviously that dependence on wireless devices in small business devastates a wallet of business people. However, there is good news. Need to pay for business communication? Write off the cost of that. Matthew Bandyk tells how to do that and what you need to expect in his article in US News and World Report.

My opinion, however, that despite the complexity of writing off costs of wireless communication for small businesses I believe that technology will make a communication itself more cheap very soon, even free of charge. Jajah and Skype are my favorites and pioneers of cheap communication do it more simple and reliable. So, here is the thing, write off what is permitted now and explore new ways of communications simply reducing cost and approaching to zero.

  1. Pam Says:

    I tried Skype, it works fine! It was a little bit complicated to convince my contacts to switch to the Skype from the landlines. But once you did so your communication is complitely free including internationall calls. Not bad at all.

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