Mr
Erkki Liikanen Member of the
European Commission, responsible for
After
welcoming everyone attended the speech, Erkki Liikanen proceeded in describing how “information
and communication technologies (ICT) are
revolutionising the functioning of the economy and society”. He continued by noting how radical changes
will occur with Information Communication Technologies’ development, along with
“a wide range and long lasting impact not only on the economy, but also
on every aspect of people's lives”.
On
the other hand, he suggested that ICT development will
not only have a great impact on the economy, but they will also involve the
creation of wealth, the generation of new business opportunities, the sharing of
knowledge and bringing communities much closer together and enriching their
lives.
It
has been estimated that by 2050 the population rates will increase enormously,
thus IPv4 will be replaced in order to gain the possibilities for these people
as well as for us to be able to have an Internet access. Accordingly, this
estimate will exceed the nine billion people.
In
addition, Erkki Liikanen
suggests that “the launching of the European IPv6 Task Force in 2001 was also an
important milestone. The Task Force includes representatives from research
networks, Internet Service Providers, telecom operators, mobile operators and
equipment supply industries”.
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