The Economist has a special topic on Mobile Telecoms this week. In the article Our nomadic future (Economist, April 12th--18th 2008, page 16) the author makes an interesting point. He postulates that by providing knowledge workers with mobile connectivity wherever they are, whenever they want, our society is reverting back to nomadism. "The emerging class of digital nomads also wander, but they take virtually nothing with them; wherever they go, they can easily reach people and information."
While mobile connectivity might seem like just an additional channel, nobody would have believed that "Traffic patterns are beginning to change again: the rush hours at 9am and 5pm are giving way to mare varied "daisy-chain" patterns, with people going backwards and forwards between the office, home, and all sorts of other places throughout the day".
While mobile connectivity might seem like just an additional channel, nobody would have believed that "Traffic patterns are beginning to change again: the rush hours at 9am and 5pm are giving way to mare varied "daisy-chain" patterns, with people going backwards and forwards between the office, home, and all sorts of other places throughout the day".
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