The Online World in 2012
Friday, May 11, 2007
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This piece from Next Generation focuses a bit on gaming, but has some interesting predictions about the world in 5 years. Check out this clip, more if you follow the link.
1. The number of Internet users in the world will increase from 1.1 billion in 2007 to 4.1 billion in 2012.JG
2. A lot of these will come from India which will wire up the entire sub-continent to 2mb broadband, convert the entire telecommunications industry over to VOIP with a flat rate of just $5 a month for all net access including unlimited voice calls across the country.
3. Everyone will follow India’s lead. All cities of more than 500,000 worldwide will effectively be 100% broadband. VOIP will dominate voice traffic, but the last major market to fall will be the US. Locally adjusted prices for net access including all domestic and international VOIP calls will be for a fixed monthly service fee of about $9.95 to $19.95 a month
4. Almost every country with rapidly deployed broadband connectivity has a young demographic with 25% of population under the age of 20. These include massive population areas such as China, Indonesia, India and Brazil.
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