Sam Pitroda

Dr. Sam Pitroda Adviser to Prime Minister of India on the Public Information Infrastructure and Innovations The importance of Broadband --- T ranscript --- With 5 billion mobile phones world over first phase of the telecom revolution is beginning to end. However the second phase of the telecom revolution world over is about to begin and here at the center of it is going to be Broadband. Broadband offers unique opportunities world over to change the paradigm for development. Broadband is going to be critical in redesigning processes related to governance, education, health, agriculture, employment, innovations and lot more. Broadband is going to make local events international and international events local. Broadband is very critical today for emerging markets to expedite the process of development. With Broadband the old model of education for example where teacher spends most of his/her time on creating content and delivering content will completely change because the content is going to be available on the net by best of the best experts and can be delivered through Broadband on multiple devices and as a result the role of the teacher will change to that of a mentor. Similarly role of the doctor will change. Physical presence will have a different meaning in virtual world. Telemedicine will allow us to reach out to large number of people in remote areas to provide simple diagnostics, appropriate health advise, delivery of medical services. So broadband opens up whole ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 3m 58s Date Found: Wed, Aug 04 2010 3:05 PM Category: Technology Date Produced: Wed, Aug 04 2010 10:28 AM View Count: 0