Wireless broadband is forecast to become more widespread worldwide with new mobile WiMAX equipment expected to become available toward the end of the year.
Research firm VisionGain Intelligence predicted this in its latest report, saying broadband wireless deployments using pre-802.16e compliant equipment have already begun.
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While much-ballyhooed telecommuting has not yet really taken off in Canada, it is only a matter of time before more employers finally climb on the green bandwagon and do their bit for the environment by allowing employees the option of working from home, says Bob Fortier, president of the Canadian Telework Association.
“There’s definitely an awareness. In fact, many companies are operating on the assumption that – at some point in time – governments will offer emissions-trading credits to organizations that can quantify the number of kilometres avoided because of telework.”