John Roese’s Blog CTO, Nortel

Location: Toronto

Just as the iPhone is an example of how innovation on an end point can expand the number of connected nodes or the experience of the people connecting (see my last post), there are a host of other new technologies emerging that also advance the trend toward global Hyperconnectivity. One that I am personally involved in (sit on the Board as Nortel’s rep) and am pretty passionate about is the initiative known as One Laptop Per Child (OLPC).

As way of background… OLPC is a non-profit organization, founded by MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte and a team of educators, developers and technologists, that is dedicated to educating children in developing countries, with the ultimate goal ...

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Location: Toronto

I recently had a great discussion with Om Malik of GigaOM blog fame. Our dialog was on a broader discussion around Mark Cuban’s recent statements that the Internet is Dead, but in the course of the dialog we had a brief detour to talk about what is innovative and exciting in the communications industry. During that dialog the subject of the iPhone came up.

I was quoted early on (just before the launch) as saying that the iPhone, while exciting, was not that interesting in terms of its networking and infrastructure capability. Clearly, a GSM/GPRS phone is nothing new and even one with Wi-Fi isn’t that interesting from a transport discussion. Now, if ...

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