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The Benefits of Business Mobile Phones

The mobile phone has gone from being a luxury item to being essential. With sophisticated smart phones in everyone’s pocket, it is hard to imagine life without a mobile phone.

In business, the need for employees to be constantly connected is paramount. With businesses doing so much online, the market and conditions in which you operate can change several times in a day.

The mobile phone offers the level of connectivity you need, from responding to emails on-the-go to replying to comments on Facebook, or tweets on Twitter. Posting photographs and updates via photo-rich social media channels is also a must, as well as being able to access files, makes and receive phone calls.

Business mobile phones

Although you may know your own mobile handset well, as well as the package you have, when it comes to contracts for business use, it can be a whole different ball game. You want a contract that fits your business and employees but you don’t have a gargantuan budget with which to fund it.

Looking for key factors in business mobile phone contracts is key but, what are your looking for?

#1 Flexibility

A smart phone brings many benefits for business, including introducing increased flexibility. This has many advantages;

• Greater flexibility looks and feels much better to potential clients and customers
• Increased flexibility means increased responsive, a key factor for many clients
• Communication is key to any successful business relationship and business mobile means you can communicate and respond quickly
• Teleconferences negate the need for travel, meaning you can be in two places at once and save on travel costs too

#2 Smart technology

The sophistication of mobile phones has blossomed in recent years. They have gone from sending texts and making and receiving phone calls, to being powerful mini-computers in your pocket. With apps and the like, you can do almost anything from your phone, from ordering the grocery shop to turning up the heat in your home.

For a business, this has huge benefits. Employees can store and share files and work on their phone; they can connect their phones to their laptops, tablets and PCs. There is a whole new dimension to staying in touch and sharing information, from Cloud storage to sending emails.

#3 Breaking down borders too

At one time, making a phone call via a mobile phone was incredibly expensive. Over time, it became much cheaper with some packages know offering free calls.

Roaming charges, the use of the phone beyond domestic borders, were also high but as these prices now begin to tumble, it has become easier and cheaper than ever to stay in touch with employees and clients whilst they are abroad.

There are many packages on offer too, perfect for a business looking for mobile phone contracts that will give them everything that they need to help grow their business.

Please contact Clyde Solutions to discuss your requirements.