The now-humble, once-magnificent power of transmitting a wireless signal has come a long way since its beginnings with Edison, Tesla, Marconi and their compatriot contributors all helping to invent radiotelegraphy and other forms of radio transmission at the turn of the 1900’s.
Today, wireless transmission comes at us from every angle (literally!). Many of the current generation of mobile phones come with:
• At the very least, a 3G voice/data connection to their owners mobile network, capable of broadband speeds up to 14Mbit download/5.8Mbit upload.
• Bluetooth, a wireless technology of connecting the phone to other mobile or home devices, providing secure data and voice transfer.
• WiFi internet access
• Some phones can even connect to orbiting GPS satellites and offer navigation software
Add to this television and radio signals, satellite phones and naturally occuring radiation, and it quickly becomes apparent we are all bathing in a sea of wireless transmissions.
What has this meant for business, and the way we conduct it? It can now be conducted faster, more efficiently and from almost anywhere in the world (with a data connection, of course). This technology is still improving and it is becoming easier and easier to employ higher and higher speed wireless networks in the office, in the home, in the car, on the person and across cities and countries.
It is now possible for a business person to use their high tech smartphone to connect wirelessly to their office computer. This development alone has been responsible for a major efficiency increase in the interchange of data within and outside of a business, by enabling any savvy business person to do their business literally anywhere with a wireless signal! In a world that no longer sleeps, it seems the simple radio wave and how humanity uses it have come a long way in a little over a hundred years, and by no means has our progression of its function to society finished yet.
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