Zamaria also says that social networking projects mean a lot to Canadians because of the relatively small population of 30 million spread out over a large land area and because of the opportunity to disseminate cultural content and strengthen the sense of national identity.
Americans shouldn't discount the value of high-speed access for building social networks and accessing government health services, says Pew's Horrigan.
"At a very broad level high-speed Internet is about an information society, which touches on social benefits, how business gets done, how people interact with others in their social networks -- both close to home and overseas. It's important to have the highest form of infrastructure in this area," he says. "We should worry about where we stand in relation to the rest of the world."
Verizon is demoing crowd analytics technology that uses 5G along with AI and mobile edge computing to give stadium operators insights into the flow of fans throughout a venue.
As we move closer to fully realizing the potential of Wi-Fi 7, it becomes evident that the RF, signaling, and throughput tests are not merely procedural checkpoints but the pillars of excellence in wireless communication.
With low earth orbit (LEO) satellites fast becoming the norm and 3GPP unifying telecom standards around the globe, the satellite IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) sector ought to be looking at a bright horizon. But is this the case?
