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ShoreTel is trying to bridge the gap between mobile devices and traditional business telecom networks with a docking station that turns iPhones and iPads into desk phones.
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Today’s Mobile Minute:
- More and more companies are ready to skip the cost of providing their workers with personal computers. Research firm Gartner says that within 3 years, 38% of the companies it surveyed will stop providing devices, and instead ask employees to bring their own device. BYOD is already common practice in China, India and Brazil – and it’s getting much more common here in the US. Gartner says Europe has been the slowest to adopt BYOD.
- If you bring your own tablet to work, one challenge can be connecting to the company’s phone network. Yesterday ShoreTel launched a product aimed at solving that problem — it’s a docking and charging station that turns an iPad or iPhone into a business desk phone. One caveat: the device has to be running the ShoreTel Mobility App.
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Other top stories for today:
Intel’s mobile strategy takes shape
Ntelos posts strong Q1, customer ARPU growth
