21. 5G
• 10s of millions of IOT devices
• autonomous vehicles with real time needs
• human users want more and more capacity & coverage
• heterogeneous – 2.5G+3G+4G+WIFI+???
• ultra low power radio tech for IOT etc. c.f. SigFox
• “wireless fibre” on mmWave w/ MiMo directional antennas
• demand attentive – appropriate speed & latency
• 2020 – and there will be no 6G “if we get it right” …
22. mHealth
• “The future of health is wearables & v.v.”
• Start w/ consumer e.g. ivyhealth & Withings et al
• e.g. post surgery monitoring / followups
• e.g. chronic care
• Need to move beyond the “post traumatic healthcare system
• Big opportunity for long term preventative care
• Changes the economic model potentially?
• Apple placing Healthkit as the “trusted intermediary”
23. Privacy
• e.g. Apple vs FBI!
• The Right to Privacy – Harvard Law Review 1890
• EU General Data Protection Regulation by 2018
• e.g. EU cookie law. Focus on UX!
• Stephen Deadman,FB,4YFN – “Trust, Transparency, and Control”
• Personal data: not commodity, identity key, value in UX
• Value is in the “small data”, i.e. the individual experience.
• HW identity vs individual identity – a problem
• Unintended implications/associations
• Right to privacy may become difficult to exercise e.g. insurance
24. Crazy talk … ???
“privacy will almost
vanish in future - but
security is important”
(Sanjiv Ahuja, ex CEO orange, tillman
global holdings, 4YFN 2015)
25. And finally …
• Microsoft buys Xamarin – perhaps the
beginning of the end for Windows as a mobile
platform?
• Google partners with GSMA on Rich
Communication Service (RCS) - vs iMessage,
WhatsApp, FB messanger …