With half the work force in the field as technicians, consultants, or sales reps, Bull jettisoned all of its fixed-line phones, except for a few to be used for conference calls and by visitors. Workers can connect with one another's mobile phones using their old internal phone numbers. When outsiders call Bull employees at their fixed phone number, the incoming call routes directly to the employee's mobile. At Postnet, the Swedish postal service's Internet subsidiary, wirelessness is not just a technical advance but part of the culture. There are no desks at Postnet, just tables with electrical and data-connection cables.
Few people work at the same table from one day to the next.
Most simply pick any free table, plug in a laptop, and get down to business. Gustafsson spends most of her day walking around the office carrying her mobile, which is connected via Europolitan to the postal system's main switchboard. If I had a fixed phone, I would have to be in a fixed place, and that's not part of our concept. Dialing a day trade To really tap the potential of cell phones, however, it's necessary to start transmitting data as well as voice. For a glimpse of what's to come, visit Turin, Italy, where an online broker, Directa, has adapted its software to work on Nokia Communicators.