– becoming more centralized . In the future , we predict there will be five major clouds in the world . Huawei will work with its partners to build one of the five clouds .”
Internet of Things - Ken Hu In north western China , telcos are helping dairy farmers connect more than one million cows with Narrow Band Internet of Things ( NB-IoT ) technology and special collars . They ’ ve made this into a very successful business for both farmers and telcos .
NB-IoT networks deliver great improvements in battery life , coverage , and cost . This allows cows to move farther , graze longer , and live healthier lives . More importantly , the collars can collect biometric information from the cows . With this data , farmers can better manage movement patterns and grazing habits . They can also manage the milk production cycle in a more accurate way , and greatly enhance productivity across the whole cycle . As a result , this solution helps farmers to generate an additional US $ 420 per cow , per year – that ’ s a 50 % increase in profit .
Future networks have to be able to support diverse applications . That means two things ; they have to be software-defined , and they have to provide stronger network performance . We need greater capacity , lower latency , and more connections . As we prepare for Industrial IoT , we ’ ll see a sharp rise in demand for machine vision . In smart factories , cameras will be the eyes of machines . They will generate a huge amount of data , about 10 GB per second per camera . Imagine a factory with 1,000 cameras .
Future networks will also need to provide lower and more reliable latency . For example , smart grids need constant 20-millisecond latency . That means no spikes , no dips . We need to start adding this muscle now , so our networks are ready for a huge range of applications in the future .
Future networks should also be data-driven . GE creates digital twins for their engines . When one of their engines is running in the physical world , another virtual engine is running in the digital world . We should do the same with our networks . We should build our own digital twins . There will be two sides to future networks : the physical network and the digital network .
Mobile reshapes the world . But , mobile won ' t change the world by itself . The responsibility is on us .
The Digital Economy Invents New Jobs Gong Xiaopei , 21 , looks a lot like a flight attendant , with a black suit , orange tie and a smile sweet enough to clearly communicate that she is eager to help . But instead of flying , she spends most of her time meeting arriving passengers at Beijing Capital International Airport in her role as a " pickup worker " a new job that has arisen along with the demand for mobile ride-hailing .
" Our job is to help car-hailers find the rides they have booked as soon as they get off planes . Most of them are first-time visitors to Beijing ," said Gong , one of over 170 people who have landed this type of job . Their services are heavily used by DidiChuxing , China ' s largest ride-hailing platform .
As China steps up efforts to restructure its economy , the country ' s burgeoning digital sector is creating new jobs for millions of people like Gong .
Besides " pickup workers ", other new titles include " cyber anchors " who rake in as much as 1,000 yuan ( US $ 145 ) a day by live streaming advice on subjects such as playing electronic games , map information collectors who drive around China to collect road data and purchasing agents who help Chinese buy products in foreign countries .
Persistent Pursuit of Reinvention and Innovation - BOAO If you look at the world ’ s most valuable technology companies , you ’ ll notice something interesting . Not a single one invented the category of products they ’ ve come to define . The vast majority of their enormous profits come from markets they did not create .
Whether it ’ s Apple in smartphones , Google ( GOOGL , + 0.24 %) in search , Microsoft ( MSFT , + 0.49 %) in operating systems , Facebook ( FB , + 0.71 %) in social networks or Amazon ( AMZN , + 0.24 %) in ecommerce , when these companies launched , nobody could have predicted their eventual path to domination .
What does that tell us ? For one thing , you don ’ t have to be first to be number one . But you probably already knew that . Far more important is that every one of these companies ’ founders chose a ridiculously improbable path that flew in the face of conventional wisdom .
“ Trust your instincts even when everyone else says you ’ re crazy ,” is advice that ’ s easy to give and
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