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	Podcast:		Innovation, IT, Operations and Decision Analysis
	Episode:		(Low) Across the Digital Divide
	Category:		Business
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	Publish Date:		2012-03-01 01:00:00
	Description:		Much of the final day of the Mobile World Congress was spent talking about emerging markets, says Prof. Javier Zamora. We are in transition from connectivity to hyper-connectivity and we are not far off the figure of 50 billion interconnected devices. Costs continue to fall and a smartphone that now costs $400 will soon sell for $20. However, only 2 billion of the 7 billion people in the world are connected and this has created a digital divide. Meanwhile, 4G telecoms will be able to work in real time, making it possible to design smart cars and smart cities.
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