I am attending a demonstration today hosted by Ericsson Canada, showing off a series of technologies, applications, and innovations designed to be the foundation of future high speed wireless access.
Ericsson is bringing up the same team demonstrated these capabilities at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year.
According to their invitation, to give an idea of the scope of this demo, Ericsson had to apply to Industry Canada for permission to use additional spectrum.
Besides the obvious advantages of increased access speed (equaling, and often surpassing, present high speed wired capabilities), the technologies is purported to enable more seamless interaction between devices like TVs, PCs and mobile phones; the creation of realistic virtual communities (with IM, talk, and video); and, improved communications for professions that need fast, accurate information across a myriad of devices.
I wonder if Bell and TELUS are the real targets for this Canadian demonstration.
I’ll report more after seeing it all up close and personal.
Update [July 10, 10:55 am]
Mark Henderson, CEO of Ericsson Canada, announced that his Montreal research centre is adding 200 new positions. Much of Ericsson’s IMS platform development is conducted here in Canada. Nice to see Canadian expansion when so many companies are shipping jobs off-shore.
The IMS IPTV demo, across mobile and fixed screens, caught my eye as a precursor to next generation video. It is a way for telcos to change the rules of the game from broadcast TV, or for integrated cable / mobile operators like Rogers to stay on top.
Let’s watch to see how much traction this gets.
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