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Following recent research that revealed half of UK office workers are suffering poor mobile signal Head of Products for Telecoms at Arqiva, unravels the increasingly complex issue of indoor mob responsibility lies and how – through collaboration – the industry can find a
We have all experienced some form of mobile coverage mishap, be it your signal cutting out during an important business meeting or missing phone calls from your boss in the midst of a crisis. In fact, these are all too familiar scenarios for those of us living and working in the UK – according to a recent study by Arqiva, as many as 1 in 2 of us (49%) claim to have experienced mobile coverage issues within our office building, some as frequently as every week (72%) or even daily (25%).
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the 5G rollout, and with 80% of all mobile phone calls being made from inside a building (according to Informa), the stats signal a real and growing issue. So why are indoor coverage woes persisting at a time when the world is so digitally connected, and who should we be looking to for a solutions?
Food, water, air… and phone signal As members of today’s mobile workforce – a
generation of employees that have come to expect connectivity as standard, whenever and wherever – our mobile phones are no longer just a personal communications device but an integral part of our working, office-based lives. Our study – conducted among 1,000 UK
office workers – revealed that 43% of people find poor mobile coverage significantly impacts (or would impact) their ability to do their job properly, whether that’s being unable to get in touch with clients or
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