The business division of Virgin Media UK (Virgin Media Business) has claimed that Mobile Broadband usage, which some claim could allegedly outstrip desktop use by 2014, might herald the "death of the PC" as businesses adopt it as a means to cut costs by downsizing their offices and allowing more staff to work from home.

The ISPs latest nationwide poll of 5,000 businesses found that 64% of businesses had equipped their staff for remote working, which is up from just 14% last year.


Virgin notes that 98% of businesses are still not benefitting from Virtual Private Networks (VPN), which enables staff to securely connect to their office network while roaming or at home. However the survey makes no clear mention of why this should be the case.

Meanwhile we doubt that the growing adoption of mobile working will kill off the PC. Smartphone's and Tablets do make life much easier but they're still incredibly weak when it comes to doing any meaningful work, although that does somewhat depend upon the type of work involved.