Research: Mobile working on the increase

Rhetorik ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 25 Sep 2007 09:59 BST

Penetration of handheld mobile devices by organisation
There was a broad spread in the number of products in use across the research base. Almost a quarter of organisations had fewer than five handheld mobile devices when simple mobile phones were not considered. These would be deployed only to key staff. However, some enterprises had 1,000 or more company mobile devices (excluding simple phones) in use. As might be expected, the numbers increased steadily with increasing size of organisation. In the large corporate sector (>1,000 employees) more than half of all enterprises reported in excess of 500 products in use.

Figure 8: Penetration of handheld mobile devices by organisation

Q6 Approximately how many company handheld mobile devices (excluding mobile phones with no further capability) are there in your UK organisation? (single response)
Base: All respondents; Total: 371
Source: Rhetorik 2007

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