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Wireless Disruption

Disruptive technologies are generally dismissed by the incumbents, but they attract a following among consumers who find a solution that better meets their needs for the right price point. In time, the disruptive technology that is successful moves out of the starting gate and becomes truly disruptive as a sustainable innovation. The classic business bestseller The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen makes a similar point. Something I read last night is a great topical reminder of this business phenomenon, applied to current telecom and metropolitan broadband issues.

This concept reared its head last night, got me thinking and kept me awake, as I plowed through the compelling and well written whitepaper, The One Hundred Year Storm: Wireless Disruption in Telecommuncations, by global consulting firm Deloitte & Touche.

I'm now getting the e-newsletter Digital Communities, which is also is a content-rich, professional website that should be bookmarked by those interested in metropolitan broadband. Produced by Government Technology and sponsored by Intel, this site has several useful links to good content, such as the Wireless Mesh link, where I found that whitepaper. The arguments put forth in the paper provide good theoretical backing for why we pay attention to metropolitan broadband - because it disrupts the traditional approach to telecommunciations.

Posted on February 08, 2006 at 06:52 AM

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