Negroponte's 'Switchless' Future: Was He a Visionary? - Mobility TechZone

Date: 4/15/2016

Featured Articles » A New Web Browser Looking to Orchestrate the Edge » 2016: Year of the Small Cell » FastMile Delivers End-to-End Wireless Broadband to Hard to Reach Places » The FBI Knows How to Break an iPhone; What Have We Learned? Sponsored by: IoT Evolution Expo - July 11 - 14, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada Top Stories » Mobile Payments Space to Hit $95 Billion by 2018 » Mobile Phone Insurance Market Could Reach $48 Billion by 2020 » Gemalto and EZ-Link Bring NFC Mobile Payments to Singapore Transit System » IDology Mobile Identity Spectrum Suite Targets Mobile Fraud   From The Expert Corner April 15, 2016 Negroponte's 'Switchless' Future: Was He a Visionary? By Carl Ford Partner, Crossfire Media Nothing is more frustrating than looking back at the past and seeing what should have been obvious at the time. Except maybe when companies talk as though the past did not happen at all. Nicolas Negroponte explained to us in the 1980s that TV and voice were going to switch as a result of technology. We were going to get our TV on wired connections and voice was going to become wireless. Read More Featured Videos IoT Solutions Theatre: SemperCon Featured Resources » Smart Mobile Apps Empower Business Executives on the Go » How a cloud phone system uniquely supports your mobile workforce » The Keys to Creating an IT Talent Culture Featured Channels » Mobile Security - Mobile Security » Mobile Apps » IoT Connectivity Solutions Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a MobilityTechzone columnist! Interested in reaching Mobility Techzone's Global Wireless and Mobile Communications Audience of 70,000 Unique Visitors? Please contact Matthew Gleeson to learn how at mgleeson@tmcnet.com or 1 (203) 852-6800 x145.

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