A new of wave prosperity: AT&T chairman sees mobile devices driving economic development

摘要

The rise of mobile broadband technology will drive a new wave of productivity and economic development similar to that produced by the advent of the Internet. Randall Stephenson, chairman and CEO of AT&T, made that declaration during his keynote address at the annual conference for customers of Sterling Commerce, a supplier of B2B integration solutions, and an AT&T company. "New devices will come with 4G networks, and soon it will be difficult to find any electronic device that is not connected wirelessly," Stephenson said. "We are just on the edge of this with the iPhone, which has an entire ecosystem created around it. There are now 35,000 applications available for the iPhone, and Apple recently reported that more than 1 billion people have downloaded those applications."