Hans Vestberg, CEO of Ericsson, which makes much of the world’s wireless infrastructure, sees an even more connected world in our future. In this short excerpt of a conversation with Techonomy’s David Kirkpatrick, he explains that as more and more of our devices are online and interacting, and as mobile broadband dovetails with cloud services, every industry begins to find itself in a new reality. The entire system in which an industry operates enters a new phase–one of what might be called “empowered connectedness.” It will enable industry after industry to operate with more efficiency and impact. What is often called the Internet of things is going on steroids, and creating a new world.
When Everything Gets Connected, How Does it Transform the System?
Hans Vestberg, CEO of Ericsson, which makes much of the world’s wireless infrastructure, sees an even more connected world in our future. In this short excerpt of a conversation with Techonomy’s David Kirkpatrick, he explains […]
By David Kirkpatrick
Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Techonomy
Founder of Techonomy, David Kirkpatrick is a journalist, commentator about technology, and author of the bestselling book “The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company that is Connecting the World,” published in 32 countries. He spent 25 years at Fortune, and founded and hosted its Brainstorm and Brainstorm Tech conferences. In addition to writing for Techonomy, he contributes to Forbes and Vanity Fair. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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