Accessibility
It goes without saying that one of the biggest benefits to business mobiles is accessibility. Mobiles give you and your team a direct contact number even when out of the office, so you never miss a beat. Having a dedicated mobile is also great for customer service, you can contact clients and respond to messages quickly and easily, regardless of location.
Internet Access, Everywhere
Any good business mobile package will come with a generous mobile data allocation. Mobile data enables users to access the internet remotely from any location with a reasonable signal. Easy access to information like emails, directions and cloud hosted company resources can prove invaluable when out on the road meeting clients and completing assignments.
Increased Productivity
Business mobiles can help increase your productivity and enable you and your team to get more done during work hours. Employees can take calls during their commute, respond to critical messages out of the office, work from home and more. Staff can even use business mobiles to remotely access and work on files on the company system through the internet.
Data Security
Following the introduction of the GDPR in 2018, system breaches resulting in a loss of customer data can now result in severe penalties. Under the new GDPR rules you can be fined as much as 4% of annual global turnover, enough to put some organisations out of business.
By issuing your employees business phones you ensure that no company data -including customer data- is stored on personal phones. This helps reduce the risk of data falling into the wrong hands through malicious acts, loss, theft, or sale of personal devices.
Device Management (MDM)
Businesses can use Mobile Device Management (MDM) software to manage business mobiles from the IT department. Employers can create profiles and manage their employees’ access to specific websites (such as Facebook) to ensure mobiles are only being used for work purposes.
In the unlikely event of a work phone being compromised, you can use MDM software to lock, or complete wipe employees’ phones from a remote location. This is especially effective for cases where a work phone is lost or stolen, or rare situations where an employee wishes to harm your business using the content on their mobile device.
MDM can also be used to manage multiple mobile devices at the same time. You can bulk install apps, software updates, and more across all devices simultaneously.
