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Originally Posted by pl001
It's going to get worse. I know of a major midwest university's long-term telecom plans which call for personal cell phones to be used for business. Employees won't get a company phone at all, they will get a VoIP app to put on their personal phones for inter-office calling.
It's not implemented yet, but they have decided to not update their current outdated legacy infrastructure and devices to full VoIP because of this. In their words, they are "skipping" that step.
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While there is clearly a downside that not all users appreciate at first, there are advantages. You don't have to carry/maintain extra devices, you get to deduct part of your expenses from your taxes, you are already familiar with your devices operation, you don't have to wait until your company sees fit/can afford to buy a device for you.
The most significant downside I've seen is when a company (or, most often, government) decides to allow BYOD, but has such strict policies, that the device is basically not yours anymore. The can track or restrict your personal activity, wipe your devices remotely, etc.
ApK