New research from iPass has revealed that global companies pay on average more than £60 per month per device as part of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) deployments.
Russell Lux, commercial director at Teliqo, a provider of cloud-based telephony services, advised organisations to give greater consideration to how they finance the mobility and connectivity of their workforces.
He said that (BYOD) programmes were resulting in companies paying “through the nose” for telecoms services.
“Over 80% of the companies in the survey now permit employees to use their own hardware for work purposes, but with monthly bills of £61 per device they are running the risk of negating the productivity benefits they experience as a result.
“What’s more, that cost is likely to rise and rise as more people buy 4G-capable handsets and next-generation networks facilitate and encourage even greater data consumption,” Lux said.
“The best way to bring BYOD spending in check is to extend the organisation’s own telephony system to incorporate all these connected devices bringing all calls, texts, and data under a single provider.”
