Study Predicts One Billion Telecommuters in 2011

A new study has been released.

A billion workers around the world will be classed as mobile by 2011, including nearly 75 per cent of the US workforce, according to IDC.

The analyst firm attributes the uptake to growing pressure on companies to provide work/life balance programmes, and advances in mobile technologies.

IDC’s research showed that workers are demanding more flexibility and mobility in their schedules, and have a “higher comfort level” with remote access technologies and mobile devices.

Furthermore, the proliferation of high-speed networks, widespread public Wi-Fi and fixed-mobile convergence allows employees to work effectively from almost anywhere.

The article continues. The IDC press release is here.

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