{"id":546935,"date":"2005-10-03T16:15:20","date_gmt":"2005-10-03T16:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/546935-wireless-tech-helps-smes-boost-competitiveness.html"},"modified":"2005-10-03T16:15:20","modified_gmt":"2005-10-03T16:15:20","slug":"wireless-tech-helps-smes-boost-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/546935-wireless-tech-helps-smes-boost-competitiveness.html","title":{"rendered":"Wireless tech helps SMEs boost competitiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">According to Taylor, cellular technologies such as the high-speed third generation (3G) have the potential to help the SME sector to improve customer service and\u00a0generate more revenue. This, he added, is because the technology &quot;liberates&quot; people from their desks and allows them to spend more time in the field.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;People can carry all the tools they need to stay in touch with them in their pockets or briefcases. For example, a worker can download a presentation via a GSM or\u00a0GPRS modem or Wi-Fi card, at a coffee shop between meetings. The impact on productivity and customer service in an organisation with a small staff complement\u00a0can be enormous,&quot; Taylor added.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">With mobile phones and Internet-enabled PCs in place, a number of small businesses look set to start exploring ways of improving their productivity using more\u00a0advanced applications such as unified messaging or remote working.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">&quot;The falling prices of GPRS and 3G handsets, notebook modems, hand-helds and connectivity are likely to spur interest in mobile data applications in the SME\u00a0market,&quot; Taylor said, adding that high-speed technologies make it possible for employees in the field to scan a corporate contacts list, place orders and check inventories remotely.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\"><em>I-Net Bridge ||<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=28612\">Discuss this article<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The growing maturity of mobile and wireless data solutions helps small and medium enterprises (SMEs) enhance their productivity and efficiency on the back of a\u00a0relatively low investment, Nashua Mobile managing director Mark Taylor noted on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}