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Calling all innovators: Africa’s electricity market is ripe for market-creation

Christensen Institute

One key strategy to spur this improvement is through market-creating innovations (MCIs), which transform complicated and expensive products into products that are simple and affordable, making them accessible to a whole new segment of people for whom there was always underlying demand, but no adequate solution on the market.

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How Will 5G Spur Innovation across Multiple Industries?

IdeaScale

This next generation of wireless technology will be more than ten times faster than 4G and reduce latency in connections. Innovations such as self-driving cars, wireless virtual reality, and all new wireless home technology are expected to take hold. What does this mean for you? Benefits of 5G. Understanding 5G Goals.

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Chrishell Stause on Designing the Smart Home of Your Dreams

Business and Tech

My favorite thing I have seen are lamps that have wireless charging capabilities embedded into them that could charge devices automatically through infrared technology. How do you think the real estate market will change in the next five years with the advancement of smart home technology?

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Why Fintech Needs the Right Regulation to Help Drive Innovation

Business and Tech

Tom Quaadman Executive Vice President, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness , U.S. Many point-of-sale systems rely on a wireless chip instead of a customer physically swiping their card. Contactless payment and digital currencies are promising technologies that are expanding both in the United States and internationally.

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DISH Wireless: Next-Generation Telco

DISH Wireless’ 5G broadband services narrowly met the June 14 deadline set by US regulator, the FCC, to cover 20% of the US population. But it faces a sizeable task in establishing itself alongside AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, which together dominate the US mobile market. The reality of deploying a cloud-native network.

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Omnichannel is the Future of Payments — Here’s How to Get Started

Business and Tech

Whether you’re processing payments, creating an email marketing campaign , sending text messages, or sharing promotions on digital receipts, accepting payments on the go can help you connect with your customers wherever they are. Take your business online. This also allows you to take payments without needing hardware or software.

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When the Idea is Ahead of the Technology

Destination Innovation

The Zenith Radio Corporation launched the first wireless remote control for TVs in 1955. Motorola brought it to market in 1983 but it was a heavy, clumsy device with a short battery life and very limited coverage. Sometimes the idea is tremendous but it fails because of the current state of technology or infrastructure.