Someday we will be able to harness the wireless networks in our homes, neighborhoods and larger communities to continuously communicate with those we love. Communicating will likely be more seamless than "placing a call" in the way we do it today. It will be more like a regular connection which we can utilize at any time. One can get a sense for this by using the push to talk feature on mobile phones.
Wifi, open applications platforms and ubiquitous, low cost VoIP networks will take us there. Just take a look at Vocera, one of my favorite innovators in the voice market. Forbes online has an interesting story about Vocera. As always, the key to success is harnessing the technology to solve a real point of pain for the customer. In this instance, the point of pain is the relatively poor state of communication within the health care system.
For me, I look forward to the time when my children all have a Vocera-like communicators. I'll always be able to see how they are and let them know I'm thinking about them. I remain convinced that there is a great deal to be excited about with regard to new voice applications. I long for industry leaders to start painting a positive picture of the future of communicating. From my perspective, if one pays attention to the signposts, there's a great deal to be excited about.
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