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tivities that are based on mobile information and commu-
nication technologies:
Spatial and temporal flexibility
Notebooks, tablets and smartphones (mobile end devic-
es) together with the increasing availability of wireless
Internet connections have made it possible to remove the
traditional spatial and temporal limitations of work. As
long as the necessary software, apps, services and data
from decentralised networks, servers and storage sys-
tems are available, then it is possible to work anywhere
and anytime.
However, even existing forms of work can take on a new
quality through the use of mobile ICT. Examples of this
include mobile hand devices used in warehouse logistics,
notebooks as diagnosis and documentation tools in ma-
chinery maintenance, or mobile terminals for drivers in
transport logistics.
Chapter 2 “New spatial and temporal flexibility” address-
es this subject in detail.
Mobility by proxy, remote control and virtual cooperation
A new form of work that is still in its embryonic phase is
mobility by proxy. This is where an employee, who is
on site, uses mobile ICT to work together with a person
in a different location or to control devices over any dis-
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