What are the advantages of wireless communications for businesses?

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What are the advantages of wireless communications for businesses?

The integration of wireless technologies and communications capabilities affords several advantages to modern businesses. These advantages include universal access to corporate data, increased productivity, ability for customers to access their own data, and around the clock data availability (Olenewa, 2013). Below, let’s explore how each of these advantages work to the benefit of business organizations.

Universal Access to Corporate Data

Universal access to corporate data enables businesses to remotely access and manage pertinent operational data regardless of current physical location. The advantage of this capability is that it grants businesses freedom of movement in how they support their employees, products, customers, and services. This increased flexibility and mobility in turn acts as a force multiplier in revenue production as businesses can more readily meet the demands of their industry in addition to reaching new customers.

Increased Productivity

When employees have unfettered access to the resources that enable faster completion of assigned tasks, work productivity increases. The universal data access afforded by wireless communications allows workers to focus their energies more on mission completion while reducing the downtime from hunting down necessary information. On average, the implementation of wireless communications in the workplace can increase productivity over 20% versus organizations that rely solely on wired networks thanks to a reduction in unnecessary delays (Olenewa, 2013).

Increased Access to the Customer’s Own Data

Customer remote access to data afforded by wireless communication integration helps to reduce the business costs and burdens that stem from accessing and managing customer data (Olenewa, 2013). When the effort of access and management of this data is placed on the customers, business human resources can be freed up to accomplish more important tasks (Olenewa, 2013).

24/7 Data Availability

Another major advantage of wireless communications is that it allows businesses to operate beyond the normal time constraints of traditional business hours (Olenewa, 2013). Thanks to the remote access capabilities afforded by wireless communications, employees can continue to work on company projects and initiatives whenever or wherever. 24/7 data availability also makes it easier for non-traditional employees operating in different time zones to meet their mission sets and maintain up to date reporting of projects with company management.

-Ryan

References

Olenewa, J. (2013). Guide to Wireless Communications (3rd ed.). Cengage Limited. https://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781285700267