Verizon Replaces Employee Laptops With BlackBerrys

Verizon Replaces Employee Laptops With BlackBerrys

Josep sent me this little tidbit of news that I found very interesting. Verizon seems to have started a Leave All Laptops Behind policy. They have replaced all the functions of a 8 pound laptop with 5 ounce BlackBerrys.

My first question is what were these technicians doing with 8 pound laptops. The sucky part is that they replaced them with 8703e smartphones. Why would Verizon give their reps 2 year old phones?

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Verizon Partner Solutions (VPS) unit and its force of 2,250 field technicians and managers are experiencing big boosts in mobility and operating efficiency – enhancing their ability to deliver higher levels of customer satisfaction – after replacing their 8-pound laptop PCs with 5-ounce BlackBerry 8703e smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM). Verizon unveiled the new application Thursday (May 15) at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium 2008 in Orlando.

Verizon Communications Inc, headquartered in New York, is a leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless communication innovations to mass market, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, serving more than 67 million customers nationwide. Verizon’s Wireline operations include Verizon Business, which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings customers the benefits of converged communications, information and entertainment services over the nation’s most advanced fiber-optic network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon employed a diverse workforce of approximately 232,000 as of the end of the first quarter 2008 and last year generated consolidated operating revenues of $93.5 billion.

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