<a href="ttp://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2005/0505241036.asp?A=CEL&S=Cellular&O=FPT"><span>Conventional telecoms is obsolete</span></a><font face="Arial" size="2"> - Pearson said the next global IT buzzword
would be <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">NBIC (nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology
and cognitive science)</span> convergence, which essentially means ICT will be
seamlessly integrated into everything around us.<br>
</font><font face="Arial" size="2">Outlining the future, Pearson said the next
age would be the world of ambient intelligence, after which we would
enter an age of simplicity.</font><font face="Arial" size="2">Eventually,
before 2025, people would be able to feel as if they are in someone's
office, feel their handshake or feel their hug, from a distance, and
telecoms will have gone as far as it can, he said.</font><br>