Research carried out by Virgin Media Business has revealed that a majority of UK CIOs predict that work landlines will, in the next five years, be made superfluous to requirements by the rise of smartphone technology.

The research polled 500 UK CIOs, and revealed that 65 percent predicted that landlines, would no longer be a common tool at work.

Tony Grace, chief operating officer of Virgin Media Business, reported on the findings, saying that “businesses have recognised the importance of the mini-computers that smartphones have essentially become. This is leading us to rely increasingly on our smartphones and less on our landlines.”