Abstract :
With the affluence that comes with economic developments and technological advances, citizens around the world will require personalized, on-demand, high-quality information services, which the author calls personal information service (PIS). He foresees that by 2012 A.D., a variety of communication services, and in particular PIS, will be much more widely available around the world. To make such services available to the masses, a number of challenges have to be overcome. In this paper, the author addresses the challenges. He believes that by working together solutions can be obtained by 2012 A.D
Keywords :
broadband networks; personal communication networks; telecommunication networks; PIS; communication services; economic developments; personal information service; wideband communications; Art; Economic forecasting; Electronic switching systems; Helium; ISDN; Internet; Paper technology; Pervasive computing; Teleprinting; Wideband;
