Productivity gains to come from wireless.(News & Numbers)(Survey)

A new international survey reports that wireless technology will deliver the next big productivity boost. Fifty percent of the 9,000 respondents from 18 countries predicted wireless networks would have the most significant impact on productivity and saving time in the next five years (up to three responses were possible). Other improvements identified as productivity boosts were greater computing speed (44 percent); smart cards (41 percent); Internet/broadband (40 percent); and all forms of portable computing (39 percent).

Considering a wide range of innovations over the past 50 years, respondents said the following have had the most significant impact in terms of saving them time and increasing their productivity (again, up to three responses were possible):

* Internet--60 percent

* Personal computers/laptops--50 percent

* Mobile phones--43 percent

* E-mail--23 percent

* Cars and motorcycles--22 percent

The main benefits of a wireless network were cited as flexibility/mobility; ability to share information among computers or printers on a network; time savings; cost savings; and the ability to stream music or video over a network.

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