We want user-centric broadband!
Survey results have been released that show that around 88% of Asians polled in a study are interested in "user-centric broadband" applications. These applications are defined by Alcatel as a unified network infrastructure that allows users to easily access any broadband service from any device, with a single identity.
The study was conducted online amongst 2,779 users of Microsoft's MSN network across 12 Asia Pacific markets.
It has to be clear that, while the results are interesting, the data are very bias. Online surveys are skewed towards a segment that are at least somewhat tech-savvy or knowledgeable. It is not clear how "user-centric broadband applications" are defined in the limited space of online questionnaires. And sure, there are no commercial interests of Alcatel or MSN.
But it is probably true that Malaysians, for example, who lack the broadband availability or download speed but are aware of the capabilities of a Korea or a Japan, surely want to have better access, faster rollout of those services to simply be able to match the capacities of those two countries. So, while many people dream about the availabity of broadband connections, other countries already dream of future applications, such as intelligent houses in Australia.
Though one big technology package that allows you to phone home and control just about every home appliance is devilishly complex and prohibitively expensive, that's where home-automation is heading. Microsoft and Intel are only two of the big IT brands that are developing software architecture that will enable appliances to talk to each other.
(By Asia Business Consulting)
The study was conducted online amongst 2,779 users of Microsoft's MSN network across 12 Asia Pacific markets.
It has to be clear that, while the results are interesting, the data are very bias. Online surveys are skewed towards a segment that are at least somewhat tech-savvy or knowledgeable. It is not clear how "user-centric broadband applications" are defined in the limited space of online questionnaires. And sure, there are no commercial interests of Alcatel or MSN.
But it is probably true that Malaysians, for example, who lack the broadband availability or download speed but are aware of the capabilities of a Korea or a Japan, surely want to have better access, faster rollout of those services to simply be able to match the capacities of those two countries. So, while many people dream about the availabity of broadband connections, other countries already dream of future applications, such as intelligent houses in Australia.
Though one big technology package that allows you to phone home and control just about every home appliance is devilishly complex and prohibitively expensive, that's where home-automation is heading. Microsoft and Intel are only two of the big IT brands that are developing software architecture that will enable appliances to talk to each other.
(By Asia Business Consulting)
posted by Andreas @ 10:27 am
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