Data-protection principles for the digital remaking of society
I’m at the Business Innovation Forum in São Paulo, Brazil. Brazil is a country in which the information and communication technology (ICT) industry is bringing about rapid changes, and everything from busses to schools have been connected to mobile broadband networks to improve citizens’ quality of life. And with the country set to host the [...]
The way we watch TV is evolving continuously. About 10 years ago, it was all about the size of your TV screen at home. While the bigger the better still applies in the living room, in the past two or three years, mobile broadband and the cloud have enabled TV content to be viewed on [...]
When do legacy 20th-century network elements stop being an asset?
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Today, ICT is rapidly transforming society as we know it. Between Q1, 2011 and Q1, 2012, data traffic doubled. The latest estimates in the 2012 Traffic and Market Report reveal that data traffic will grow by15 times between 2011 and 2017– transforming society even further.
The 4Ps – Product, Place, Price and Promotion – are widely used as a marketing baseline. When it comes to planning heterogeneous networks (hetnets), it would be great to see Petabytes, Placement, Power and Plant gain similar industry mindshare.
Hetnets use a mix of large and small radio cells to provide optimal coverage and performance. They [...]
One of the things I enjoy most about my work is that I have a variety of different roles. I’m constantly learning new ways of approaching and fulfilling my responsibilities. I also get to interact with a wide range of people. In this sense, I am a generalist. But in the future, this way of [...]
Doctors typically are careful about what they say over the phone to their patients – they generally like to see you face-to-face. So when they say something like, “You need to come in right away,” you may be well into something that started while you weren’t paying attention. One of mobile health’s main appeals to [...]
Throughout history, face-to-face meetings between creative people have fostered progress in many different areas. The more people in one place, the greater chance of discussions and meetings that bring about new ideas. And, higher than average levels of education attract more educated people that in turn increases the probability of new ideas. There is a host of support [...]
Connections are bringing us closer, closer to each other and closer to a truly Networked Society.
When one person connects, his or her life changes.
With everything connected our world changes.
Let’s discuss one of the most important trends facing our planet, the emergence of the Networked Society.
Be part of it!