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PrintExploring the connected world
What does living in a connected world mean? Broadcaster Adrian Simpson hit the road to see how communication technology is changing lives and opening up the future.
With more than five billion phone users expected to be connected by 2015, communications is set to have a major impact on all our lives, whether we live in developed markets or emerging markets. But what are the real stories behind the numbers? How do different people use modern communications and what’s the personal impact on people?
Broadcast journalist Adrian Simpson set out on a global journey of discovery to answer these questions. Talking to ordinary users and industry experts, government officials and application designers, he blogged and filmed around the world to find out what communications means to people in the early twenty-first century.
Says Adrian: “Connectivity is a part of our lives, something we take for granted. But what does it mean for people around the globe? My journey was to discover more about our connected world and what we can expect in the future.”
Work, play and efficiency – not forgetting fun
Wherever Adrian went, he found users and providers of communications focused on the common human themes of work, commerce, play and health, as well as the need to do all these things in the most efficient ways possible. In Mexico, Adrian met a journalist who uses communications technology to reduce her office needs to a camera, a mobile phone and a laptop, while a small businessman in Kenya is offering money transfer services by mobile phone.
Necessity is the mother of invention and some of the world’s emerging economies, faced with difficult geography, are using mobile technology to promote the health of patients. This is the case in Nairobi, where a pioneering application uses video phones to ensure patients take their medicine.
Mobile communications are also about bringing fun into people’s lives. In Belgium, Adrian investigated Belgacom’s quad play service that offers football highlights on the mobile screen, while in India, 30 million urban mobile users play online games daily. Efficiency is also high on most agendas. Adrian talked to Zaid Al-Shabanat of STC in Saudi Arabia, which provides service to three million Hajj pilgrims every year:
“Maintaining the quality of calls while ensuring visiting pilgrims stay connected has never been an easy task, but it is one that we been able to fulfil with the support of Nokia Siemens Networks for close to a decade now.”
From network efficiency to energy efficiency to service efficiency, Nokia Siemens Networks provides it all through solutions such as LTE, the flexible, energy efficient Flexi Base station and managed services, keeping the world connected.