Lars Evert Lindberg is perhaps the ultimate mobile businessman. His company, Hedintex, makes industrial modems. Head office is in Germany while the manufacturing is done in Sweden. His favorite office, however, is in neither location: it's on his luxury cruiser - and that can take him anywhere on the water. Advanced telecommunications makes it all possible.
In one of China's hottest cities, you can find a factory for ice-fishing equipment sold in North America. One company exporting that equipment is run from the Zhong family home, with the help of broadband and especially VoIP services
Sigrun Vågeng, executive director of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, brings all of Norway's diverse businesses together. She is the picture of a mobile worker - and uses advanced services to stay in touch.
The enterprise market has been underestimated. It is a very important segment, but enterprises face the challenge of developing company-wide mobility policies, says Daniel Taylor at the Mobile Enterprise Alliance. The alliance includes more than 1200 IT managers, representing nearly 7 million mobile users.
Anna Bager is an analyst manager at analyst firm IDC. She says enterprises are showing increasing interest in implementing mobile office solutions. One of the reasons for this is that their customers are starting to demand better availability. IDC is running its European IT Forum this month.
