During the past decade, rapid developments in information and communications technology have transformed key social, commercial and political realities. Within that same time period, working at something less than internet speed, much of the academic and policy debates arising from these new and emerging technologies have been fragmented. There have been few examples of interdisciplinary dialogue about the potential for anonymity and privacy in a networked society. Lessons from the Identity Trail fills that gap, and examines key questions about anonymity, privacy and identity in an environm...
Mobile networks across Africa are growing at double and even triple rates with mobile subscriptions set to reach 930-million by 2019. This according to ... Game: ...
Did you know that Ericsson produces high-performance networks packaged in a big container? In a world where things are getting smaller and smaller, Ericsson is still producing big things, in both s...
Networked Society, Networked Politics The term cognitive surplus confused me in reading Media, Society, World, Social Theory and Digital Media Practice, as the author intimated that reduced TV...
How can we build the Networked Society if we don’t have as many user insights as possible? If we don’t know what the stay-at-home mom needs from her connected home and instead focus on just the nee...
This post is my 100th contribution to Ericsson’s Networked Society blog. It has been an exciting journey worth a few reflections. In the three years since my first post, we have seen a strong accel...
Of all the Ericsson ConsumerLab 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2015 and Beyond, the idea of a streamed future may be the easiest to understand – at least when taken at face value. It just says that in 2015 we will watch streamed on-demand video more often than broadcast TV.
This year at AfricaCom, world leader in communications technology and services, Ericsson, will be showcasing future-shaping demos that will help operators improve network performance, expand revenue streams and enhance the customer experience. AfricaCom, the continent’s premier ICT conference starts on Tuesday, November 11 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa.
DESPITE the fact that ships carried an estimated total of 9.6 billion tons of cargo in 2013 - around 80 per cent of global trade by volume and over 70 percent of global trade by value - the maritime industry lags behind alternative transport...
We are switching to a social media oriented network society. This is how Manfred Van Doorn thinks about the current and future sociey. Manfred Van Doorn work...
When our ancestors exchanged farm life in favor of factory life in the shift from an agricultural world to an industrial world, life changed fundamentally for hundreds of millions of people. The ve...
Ericsson has long envisioned the arrival of a Networked Society: one in which connectivity brings people closer together than ever before, where collaboration is part of everyday life, and where every person and every industry is empowered to reach their full potential.
You do not need to worry anymore about losing your keys or even forgetting the code to the office door. It might feel like science fiction – something many years away – but did you know that one of...
5G can deliver a 'truly networked' society with Europe in the driving seat BusinessGhana Today at the Mobile World Congress 2015 in Barcelona, 5G PPP, the 5G Public-Private Partnership between the European Commission and European industry and...
5G can deliver a 'truly networked' society with Europe in the driving seat BusinessGhana It is an enabler for a truly digital society with ubiquitous, ultra-high-speed communications infrastructure that will support all economic sectors as well as...
In my book SHIFT I spend a lot of time talking about disruption. The book traces disruptive forces as one old form of economy, dominated by companies, gives way to another, dominated by platforms and ecosystems. This, I believe is the key shift in the economy. It is a disruption with broad consequences for how we work. Also for the opportunity, or life chances, that lie ahead of us. This last point though is the most important.We think of this shift with different terms in mind - ecosystems, net
Ever since the TV became popular in the late 50s, we have spent a lot of time in front of screens. Still, when I talk to people about the trend “Children connect everything” in our Ericsson ConsumerLab report 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2015 and Beyond, I am often met by the attitude that “I don’t want my kids to sit in front of screens anymore.”
Rolf Pfeifer's farewell lecture at Aula (University of Zurich). With a number of guest appearances from around the globe... and featuring Roboy! Jump to 5:15...
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