Majority of US Workers Prefer Separate Phone Numbers For Work and Personal Use

by George Chetcuti [Published on 28 July 2015 / Last Updated on 28 July 2015]

International Survey Reveals Lack of BYOD Policies, Looming Privacy Concerns and Strong Preference for Separate Phone Numbers.

tyntec research finds the use of personal mobile devices for work is the new norm, but 74% of US workers prefer separate phone numbers for work and personal use. tyntec is a telecom-web convergence company that connects the immediacy and convenience of telecom with the power of the Internet.

The following key insights were identified by tyntec’s survey:

The majority of employees across the US (61%), UK (43%) and Spain (69%) claim to use their personal mobile phone for work-related tasks. For those employees performing about 50% of work-related tasks on a mobile phone, nearly half of respondents show a strong preference for using one device with two separate phone numbers – for work and personal – to switch between during the course of the work day. In US workplaces, the most frequently used function on a mobile device is accessing email (37%).  Whereas, in the UK (38%) and in Spain (51%) voice is the most regularly used function.

Access the survey report in full here - http://tyntec.com/sites/default/files/uploads/tyntec-byod-summary-20150709.pdf

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