Title :
U-readiness: Extending the universe of society in China
Author :
Ge, Zhu ; Sangwan, Sunanda ; Tingjie, Lu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Economic Manage., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing
Abstract :
Ubiquitous Network Society (UNS) is viewed as the next general ICT development destination by many technologically advanced countries. Succeeding countries such as China are now assessing how to embrace the advent of ubiquitous era. This paper examines this issue from Chinapsilas technological perspective. Characteristic of UNS is identified and reviewed from technology acceptation and adoption perspective. We study technology framework of UNS is from three perspectives: Wireless Communication Network, Perception Technology and Ubiquitous Computing. The underlying objective of this paper is to understand U-Readiness efforts in China from a technological perspective. Non-technology readiness are discussed from social implications, market foundation and government police perspectives.
Keywords :
socio-economic effects; technology transfer; ubiquitous computing; China; ICT development destination; government police perspectives; market foundation; perception technology; social implications; technologically advanced countries; u-readiness; ubiquitous computing; ubiquitous network society; wireless communication network; Business communication; Communications technology; Computer networks; Government; Pervasive computing; Social implications of technology; Technology management; Telecommunication network management; Ubiquitous computing; Wireless communication; China; ICT; Ubiquitous Network Society;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangkok
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2329-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2330-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654447
