The document discusses how technology progress will impact society in the future. It will lead to ubiquitous sensing of the environment and individuals, ultra-broadband connectivity, smart infrastructure, transformed healthcare using wireless connected devices, and more efficient energy management. While Australia graduates more engineers than the US and is close to Israel, it lags far behind China. The document also addresses Australia's position in the global technology race and how it can help shape regional standards adoption.

1. The future is a foreign country*Hugh Bradlow, Chief Technology Officer, Telstra Corporation* With apologies to L.P. Hartley1

2. 2OutlineWhat does technology progress look like?What drives technology progress?How can technology progress change society?How is Australia placed in the global technology race?

3. What does technology progress look like?3

4. 4Mobile

5. 5Realistic: Electronic Wallpaper

6. 6Realistic: 3D and Holography

7. 7Picture from the Australian Financial Review, 31 Dec 1998Realistic: Wearable displays

8. 8Entertainment on demand

9. 9Information on demand

10. 10Processing on demandBackplane BusCPUMemoryI/OCloud Computing

11. 11Sensing the environmentHomesEcosystemsIndividualsAir qualityGoogle Power MeterWireless band-aidSecurity systemsFall detectorWater quality

12. 12Sensing you: (Context-based computing)

13. What drives technology progress?13

14. 14Computing powerMoore’s Law: The number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit has doubled approximately every two years

15. 15Telecommunications requirementsTriple PlaySDTVTriple PlayHDTV Ultra HD & 3D TVGamingWeb SurfingAccessSpeeds1.5 Mbps 12 Mbps 26 Mbps 100 Mbps 256kbps 64kbps

16. 16Telecommunications Power?NG PON2 40GNG PON1 10G?GPON 2.5GLTE –AdvancedBPON 620MLTE 300 MDOCSIS 3 150MLTE 150 MHSPA 84 MHSPA 42 MADSL2+ 24MHSPA 21 MBandwidthHSPA: 5,10 MHzLTE: 20 MHzLTE- A: 100 MHzHSDPA 14MADSL1 8MAssumptions: Top of line commercial broadband services deployed, low network load and burst speeds. Typical customer speeds will be lessSources: Telstra services and future estimates. Future wireless access estimates based on 3GPP standards

17. Technology’s impact on society17

18. Slide 18Ultra-broadband = A fundamental shift in the economy

19. 19Business productivity: cloud servicesInfrastructureSoftwareScale quickly & efficientlyTraditionalAvoid WasteCapacityVariabilise costCloud ComputingAccess data and people from anywhereTimeLess reliance on scarce skillsLeverage high computing powerBest of breed applications© 2010 Telstra Corporation Limited. All rights reserved

20. Smart infrastructureSensors, Computers andCommunications DevicesMagnetic Nails20

21. 21Reduced pressure on infrastructure

22. 22Transformed HealthcareCity hospitalClinic, Pharmacy, Remote Hospital

23. 23Empowering Individuals with Connected DevicesWireless transfer to hosted portal Parameter transfer via BluetoothNext G Mobile PhoneMedical portalGlucose meter

24. 24Managing energy consumption

25. 25Managing energy consumption

26. 26Managing energy consumption

27. Australia’s position in the global information economy27

28. 28Engineers are the lifeblood of a technological societyRoughly the same as USA, but about 57% of Israel*Figures for 2007-2009

29. 29Engineers are the lifeblood of a technological societyChina graduates every year almost 3 times the total number of engineers in Australia*Figures for 2007-2009Australia more than double USA, and almost the same as Israel – however, this includes 41% overseas students

30. 30Entrepreneurism*Economist Intelligence Unit white paper, “Innovation: Transforming the way business creates”, May 2007

31. 31Technology adoption

32. 321984 (George Orwell’s book, not the year!)LTETD-SCDMA3GSMCDMA

33. 33862 MHz470 MHz890 MHz790 MHzDigital DividendEurope470 MHz890 MHz806 MHz698 MHzReservedUSChina, KoreaIndia, Japan, NZ, othersReassigned for Mobile (1980s)Digital DividendCountry specific extra assignment694 MHz520 MHz820 MHzRegion 3 (Asia and A/P)Australian ProposalAustralia as Market Shaper in Unified LTE worldRegional Digital Dividends

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