Modern cellular systems became a commercial reality in the late 1980s and data streaming is only 10 years old. More calls are made now by mobile than over landlines and mobile purchases are driving ecommerce more than those from desktops and laptops. The technology is unrecognisable from what was available even 15 years ago and it’s getting faster, cheaper and able to carry vastly more voice and data traffic. So let’s take a quick look at how it developed.
Topics: Mobile Telephone Technology, Mobile Device Management, Phone Systems
Both mobile and WiFi use radio waves for voice and data transmissions. Radio waves can easily be picked up by anybody with intent who is in close proximity with a standard laptop and some special software. It is actually really easy to listen in on a radio wave “conversation”, especially over WiFi connections. Of course, even simple encryption changes all that and using a VPN virtually eliminates the risk.
Topics: Resilient Networks, Mobile Device Management, Phone Systems
Every day people lose mobiles, in fact on average 90 mobile phones are left on London’s Tube.
Now imagine your employee has confidential corporate data stored on their phone (for example emails, spreadsheets, contacts) and it goes missing. Straight away, you’ve got a data breach to deal with and there’s the possibility important business content could get in to the wrong hands.
Topics: Mobile Device Management
