U-readiness: Extending the universe of society in China

Author

Ge, Zhu ; Sangwan, Sunanda ; Tingjie, Lu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Economic Manage., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

681

Lastpage

686

Abstract

Ubiquitous Network Society (UNS) is viewed as the next general ICT development destination by many technologically advanced countries. Succeeding countries such as China are now assessing how to embrace the advent of ubiquitous era. This paper examines this issue from Chinapsilas technological perspective. Characteristic of UNS is identified and reviewed from technology acceptation and adoption perspective. We study technology framework of UNS is from three perspectives: Wireless Communication Network, Perception Technology and Ubiquitous Computing. The underlying objective of this paper is to understand U-Readiness efforts in China from a technological perspective. Non-technology readiness are discussed from social implications, market foundation and government police perspectives.

Keywords

socio-economic effects; technology transfer; ubiquitous computing; China; ICT development destination; government police perspectives; market foundation; perception technology; social implications; technologically advanced countries; u-readiness; ubiquitous computing; ubiquitous network society; wireless communication network; Business communication; Communications technology; Computer networks; Government; Pervasive computing; Social implications of technology; Technology management; Telecommunication network management; Ubiquitous computing; Wireless communication; China; ICT; Ubiquitous Network Society;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology, 2008. ICMIT 2008. 4th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2329-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2330-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654447

Filename

4654447