The document discusses open innovation and smart cities. It summarizes a speech by Neelie Kroes on open innovation being central to digital revolution success. It also discusses the Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group run by the European Commission, which aims to recognize open, user-centric innovation and service science. The document promotes opening up public data and an international smart city development kit to foster EU-based service industry development.
The crowded ecosystem for the digital home market presents opportunities for telcos. The digital home market is expected to grow significantly by 2020, reaching billions in revenue across major European countries. Telcos are well positioned to capture a share of this market by developing partnerships and offerings that integrate home automation, assistance, remote storage, health, and other services. Capturing even a modest share of the potential digital home market could provide telcos with substantial new revenue streams in 2020.
The document discusses the concept of open public space and its relationship to smart homes and open workplaces. It outlines several key functionalities that could be enabled in open public spaces, including connectivity and sharing of resources, social networking, digital signage for advertising, and new forms of multimodal transportation and ticketing. It also discusses some of the technical requirements and challenges around coverage, coexistence of networks, and interoperability standards. Finally, it provides a case study on how music could be used to better understand people and enhance the experience in open public spaces through both live and personalized digital music experiences.