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It has been a long and painful saga – Ofcom has finally published its latest proposals for the much delayed radio spectrum auctions. Has Ofcom got the UK back on track for rolling out the 4th generation mobile broadband networks at last? What has this fight been about and why has it taken so long?
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The headlines over 2011 map out the big events as the mighty Nokia stumbles… blind sided by the rise of Apple. Google takes over the venerable father of the mobile hand portable…Motorola’s mobile phone division. Android trumps Nokia’s Operating System Symbian. Mobile Network Operators start to lose the battle for loyalty in the home as their customers connect their Smartphones to WiFi for down-loading data. The mobile messaging space gets taken over by the Internet staples of E-Mail, Instant Messaging, Facebook and Twitter…. is this industrial transformation synonymous with everything getting better…?
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The UK prosperity of the past 20 years has been powered by Financial Services, North Sea Oil and Consumer Credit. The credit cards are maxed out, North Sea Oil production declining and whilst Financial Services remains an important future contributor…the froth will not be returning anytime soon. There is so much the country needs to do if it is to diversify its wealth creation base and the clock is ticking in a world that does not hang around for the losers and the wingers…
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The UK finds itself at one of those momentous turning points in Education. The past 30 years of government policy has been to try to get as many children as possible up to University level. This has been a success story and the key to this success has been the “brand value” of a degree – that intangible asset that markets, societies and individuals attach value to. In contrast to the branding success of a university degree, vocational qualifications have been a “branding” disaster. It has resulted in society seriously undervaluing our master craftsmen (and women) and skilled technicians. If the UK is to successfully rebalance its economy this needs to be turned around….
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How does society rewards its deserving artists compared with its deserving engineers for their intellectual creativity? The answer is a massive discrimination against its creative engineers. The European Commission has just added insult to injury by extending copyright protection for music from an already incredible 50 years to a truly featherbedding 70 years, This can’t be right. Somebody is stealing time from somebody…
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Facebook, Twitter and the Blackberry messenger services have been under the spot light for their use in the English riots and the temporary loss of police control of our street What has largely escaped public scrutiny is the role of old technology (television) in triggering the parallel riots outside of London and stretching police resources to their limit. If technology is causing a shift of competitive advantage between the mass law breaking and law enforcement (the police) it is important that we look at the technology landscape as a whole and not just the bits that excite public interest.
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The BBC Trust has been asked to bias science coverage in favour of mainstream science opinion. Prof Steve Jones made this recommendation in a review of BBC Science coverage. Is this really about science or more about the politics of science? And is good politics in an open society to debate with the science doubters or muzzle them?
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Print and Satellite “Technology” have been stepping stones lifting Rupert Murdock’s reputation upwards to a position of great power and influence over UK politics. Technology has been the spark that has brought the reputation of News International (and by association Rupert Murdock) crashing down. Does an analysis of this high profile reputation car crash offer any wider lessons?
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