The Hindu Business Line : `Mobile devices turning extended office sites'

`mPower' uses
The capability to improve efficiencies and empower people on the move.
Wide range of applications in areas such as logistics, courier companies, airlines, banks and media companies.

Hyderabad , Aug. 29

Mobile devices have become more than mere voice and data enablers. They have become thin clients empowering people to handle even content like desktops.

With enterprises encouraging workforce on the move to access information anywhere, anytime, several industry segments are taking to mobile devices that have turned them to extended office sites.

The President of Enterprise and HNI Business Unit, Tata Teleservices Ltd, Mr Vinayak Despande, said the company has partnered with the likes of Qualcomm and MobileOne, to offer host of enterprise mobility solutions "mPower, Business the Wireless Way''.

Work flexibility

Citing a Gartner report, Mr Deshpande said about 60 per cent of people would not be coming to office to do their work as work flexibility is gaining importance.

This is too big a number to ignore even if it were in some select markets and called for customised solutions that meet specific industry requirements.

Addressing an interactive session to familiarise the corporates on how mobility solutions could potentially transform and streamline their businesses, Mr Deshpande said sales executives are demanding customer relation management features on handheld device and logistics and supply chain areas are witness to rapid adoption of these solutions.

Increasing demand

Describing workforce on the move as Road Warriors, the telecom solutions provider sought to offer mobility solutions that could provide competitive advantage.

Be it through a data card that can convert the laptop into a mobile office, or a smart phone that can handle most of the work that a desktop could potentially offer, the demand is increasing.

The Vice-President of Tata Teleservices, Mr Uttam Kumar Soni, said enterprise mobility solutions have the capability to improve efficiencies and empower people on the move. In areas such as logistics, courier companies, airlines, banks and media companies, these solutions will have wide range of applications.

Pharma major Ranbaxy uses it for its field staff and Tata Teleservices has had enquiries from a leading coffee company for an online application that can track overall consumption of coffee that day.

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