Title :
From number portability to communications with personality
Author :
Brennan, Charles
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
How are we to reach a dream world of universally available, easy to use, controllable and individual telecommunications? It will not come about easily or nearly as soon as the optimists hope. There are many challenges still to be overcome: technical, social and commercial. From past experience, the technology problems will be the easiest to solve. Social change will happen or not, as the case may be, and there´s not much we can do. The real show-stoppers are likely to be commercial
Keywords :
personal communication networks; social aspects of automation; technological forecasting; commercial challenges; controllable telecommunications; ease of use; individual telecommunications; number portability; personal communications; social challenges; technical challenges; universally available telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Developments in Personal Systems, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
DOI :
10.1049/ic:19950871
