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Disrupting the incumbents

May 102013
 
Disrupting the incumbents

Industry incumbents like Nokia and Microsoft are finding their market positions disrupted as Apple, Hauwei and Samsung reinvent the marketplaces.

  •  May 10, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 7:47 am
  •   1 Response
  •   business advice, computers, future, Innovation, Telecoms
  •  Tagged with: hauwei, innovation, microsoft, Nokia, smartphones, telcos

Latently obvious – the importance of data networks

Mar 192013
 
Latently obvious – the importance of data networks

The internet of things is going to see more emphasis on reliable and fast network connections.

  •  March 19, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 12:59 pm
  •   No Responses
  •   future, Internet
  •  Tagged with: Cisco, communications, internet, internet of machines, nbn, telcos

Dealing with the data explosion

Mar 062013
 
Dealing with the data explosion

Supply the mobile base stations for data hungry customers is one of the great challenges for telcos. How they resolve this will create some unusual alliances.

  •  March 6, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 2:52 pm
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  •   Big Data, telcos, Telecoms
  •  Tagged with: big data, Cisco, mobile internet, telcos

Seniors and smartphones

Feb 192013
 
Seniors and smartphones

A phone for seniors shows how the smartphone market is evolving to meet people’s needs.

  •  February 19, 2013
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 10:36 pm
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  •   demographics, mobile
  •  Tagged with: mobile, phones, seniors, smartphones, telcos

Twenty years of text messages

Dec 052012
 
Twenty years of text messages

A BBC interview with the inventor of the SMS service illustrates how fast technology changes.

  •  December 5, 2012
  •  Posted by Paul Wallbank at 7:59 am
  •   No Responses
  •   Innovation, Internet, mobile, telcos
  •  Tagged with: innovation, messaging, technology, telcos
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Decoding the new economy

This blog looks at how society and business are changing in the 21st Century.

While the site has a focus on technology, I also look at the human factors along with the demographic and economic changes that are driving how we live, work and play.

About Paul
I'm a recovering entrepreneur, writer and broadcaster with a fascination about how our business world and society is evolving.

Since being invited on ABC Radio in 1998 to discuss Y2K issues, I've been speaking on technology and change for over 12 years. I've also written seven books.

I've founded four businesses and my team built PC Rescue into a national computer help network. I have a consulting business, Netsmarts, which helps businesses deal with challenges in the new economy.

Today I speak and write on change along with consulting to businesses on how they can take advantage of opportunities in today's fast changing marketplace.

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