Information Society

20 Casos d'èxit

20 cases of successful use of social networks

The document, available online for free, shows several examples in which the Generalitat (Catalonia’s regional government) knew how to get the most from the Internet and its various communication tools. One of the pillars of a true Smart City is the concept of ‘Smart Governance’: a proactive, flexible way of working with the citizens and…
Light bulbs

Disruptive Technologies. Towards cultural and social advancement

Internet is the Disruptive Technology in capital letters, so we should prevent it from being privatized or controlled. The Network is an entity in its own right. There is one problem only: who controls it? The solution is based on the creation of concepts based on added-value services brought about by multidisciplinary teams and public-private…
Museum of Stolen Art

The ‘smart’ heritage mediation

There are nearly as many definitions of a smart city as cities that call themselves smart. Besides, every city focuses its own smart initiatives according to its local issues in order to find ways to tackle its own challenges or to promote a given urban aspect. This makes it difficult to pinpoint just one smart…
Marieta del Rivero

Interview with Marieta del Rivero

Marieta del Rivero, General Manager Deputy to CCDO / Telefónica, S.A “Telefónica stands up for an open, safe internet experience as the basis for the development of Digital Economy. We need cooperative, open models that foster the new economy. The Smart City platform should be open, standard, cloud-based and determined to break the silos of…
Ericsson mobility report

Ericsson Mobility Report

Advanced mobile technology will be globally ubiquitous by 2020 with 70 percent of people using smartphones and 90 percent covered by mobile broadband networks • Smartphone subscriptions will more than double by 2020, reaching 6.1 billion. Almost 80% of these new subscriptions will come from Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa. By 2020 80 percent…

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