On the positive side of the ledger, Verizon Wireless ( VZ) has launched its new 4G or fourth-generation network in 38 cities and more airports offering data speeds faster than anything previously available over wireless.
It includes supporting cutting-edge tools they need, from a high-speed public safety broadband network to a new generation of mobile apps.
As such it represents a new generation of technology that can support unprecedented network growth, development, and innovation.
For example, at the same time that the Navy has stood up a cyber command to protect its warfighting nets, it has begun implementing a new information architecture called the Next Generation Enterprise Network likely to be more vulnerable to hackers and spies.
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The telecommuting boom has been driven in part by the rapid penetration of broadband in the home, easier and cheaper forms of IP telephony, more robust VPN (virtual private network) software, plus a new generation of powerful laptops that are true desktop replacements.
Virgina-based Iridium is almost halfway through a multi-year plan to replace its low-earth orbit network of communication satellites with a powerful new generation.
Why should the new entity spend a great deal of money investing in the next generation network, when its customers have fewer choices?
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King Abdullah is highly mindful of the fact that jihadists who had gone to Afghanistan in the 1980s and 1990s had filtered back and created a homegrown militant network, using their military expertise to train a new generation who then went on to attack not just Westerners in the kingdom but the Saudi royal family itself.
Why should the new entity had spent a great deal of money investing in the next generation network, when its customers have fewer choices?
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With the establishment of Consumer Products and Services Group in April 2011, Sony will focus on accelerating the development of innovative next generation products and aim to deliver a new lifestyle by strengthening the integration of hardware and network services.
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