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International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Bureau. CTO VS – Vodafone English only CTO MEETING – VISION STATEMENT Source: Vodafone. Seven Tensions in Telecommunications/IT . Vodafone contribution to the ITU CTO Meeting, Geneva, 9th December 2003 Michael Walker
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International Telecommunication UnionTelecommunication Standardization Bureau CTO VS – Vodafone English only CTO MEETING – VISION STATEMENT Source: Vodafone
Seven Tensions in Telecommunications/IT Vodafone contribution to the ITU CTO Meeting, Geneva, 9th December 2003 Michael Walker Group Research and Development Director
Seven Tensions Below are 7 tensions in the telecommunications/ITU community that need to be resolved one way or another over the next few years: • licensed versus license exempt spectrum • value versus volume based charging - the need for technology to support both • vertical versus horizontal industry structures - and the way this trend may be reflected in the standards community • consensus versus defacto standards • device capability versus bandwidth - Moore’s law drives more and more capability which fuels user expectations • capability versus ease of use - but users are suffering overload and capability needs to be diverted to ease of use rather than more services • ubiquity versus performance - of radio bearers