Peter Cochrane is a bona fide telecom veteran, he’s been in the business for 38 years, part of that as head of research for British Telecom. He seems to be one of the few in the business who actually sees that the way we communicate is radically changing. Hisexperience with skypereveals what many of his peers would see if they actually started putting these disruptive applications to real use (of course, when you work in the industry, your telecom costs are usually negligible or non-existant, so the incentive isn’t really there).Many people are pointing to a future with two distinct layers: services and infrastructure. Right now most actors are playing on both, but for how long?
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