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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Gore Hits Wireless Homerun!

As we're packing up here in Las Vegas, I want to take just a few minutes to share some of what we heard this morning from Former Vice President Al Gore. He could not have been more passionate about the valuable role the wireless industry is playing, and will play, in our nation's economic resurgence. He spoke eloquently about the tremendous gains in productivity and efficiency that are being realized in numerous vertical industries. Mr. Gore was particularly impressed with the unbelievable strides being made in wireless healthcare, and referred to some of the fantastic applications Dr. Eric Topol spoke about yesterday from the keynote stage. You can see those by going to our Show Coverage section here on the web site, and click on Dr. Topol in the left-side navigation menu.
 
The former Vice-President acknowledged that while we've come so far, so fast, as an industry, the most exciting prospect is that the best is yet to come. He pointed out the leading role the industry will play in helping solve the climate crisis, and reminded the packed house of the responsibility we all share in being a part of the solution. Take a few moments and watch the clips we've provided of Mr. Gore's remarks. It should make everyone in the history proud to be a part of it, and remind all of us that the innovation and creativity that brought us to this point are the same trademarks that will spur more growth and even brighter days down the road.

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I do applaud Mr. Gore for his passion and acknowledgement of mobile phone technology, but I must stress we have one major and rather urgent technological hurdle en route to his proposed vision. It is the vast percentage of Americans, perhaps as much as 40 percent of the population over the age of 18 years, that are ignorant and left out of today's technology.

Manufacturers, carriers, and all involved in technology must work harder to improve on and better standardize designs so those left out due to either age, geographics, education, intellectual development, and other causes, are better able to participate in the technology revolution.

I have been working on a proposal and recommendations for the wireless industry at large that would help in these regards. I hope to have it available in the coming weeks.

Stephen Dolle
Neuroscientist & Communications Consultant
Dolle Communications
# Posted By Stephen Dolle | 4/6/09 10:17 PM
Agreed, Mr. Gore is one of American's great statesmen. Moreover, he was instrumental in championing the funding of the original Internet -- back when it connected a small cluster of academic facilities. His father, as a US senator, was instrumental in creating the public policy that ensured that America invested in the Federal Interstate Highway System.

That reminds me, we truly need more informed policymakers to make the logical connection between foundational telecom infrastructure and economic development.
# Posted By David Deans | 4/9/09 6:40 PM