Finland's Wireless Fast Track Thanks in large measure to mobile handset pacesetter Nokia, this small nation, about the size of Montana with a population of some 5 million people, is where the rest of the world looks for wireless guidance. But so far no one is willing to put it together. Printer friendly version.
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Gartner analysts say that by 2007, more than 60 percent of the U.S. population and the European Union aged 15 to 50 will carry or wear a wireless computing and communications device, and by 2010, more than 75 percent will do so. Maintaining context in this way will also enable users to switch rapidly between communities without missing out on critical information. Because of the massive data collection enabled by online tracking, embedded sensors, and cameras, enterprises will have unprecedented opportunities to maintain and analyze massive databases of customer information. By 2005, enterprises will routinely capture 30 times more data about their customers than in 2000. The social and legal tolerance for the collection and analysis of personal data is not yet established and will be a major issue among legislators and civil liberties groups for at least the next decade.