The second life of networks

?The telephone has been around for 130 years, the Internet and mobile telephony, for more than 20. This growing mesh of telecommunications and information networks is coupled with the merging of social and human networks : we are becoming... the networks. Didier Lombard has witnessed and actively contributed to the development of European industry. Today he is furthering this vision at the head of one of the world's most globally active enterprises in a sector essential to worldwide economic growth. For the first time, he discloses to the public his views on the advances in technology that have occurred between the early 1970's and today, the period defining the first life of networks. He also describes how we will interact with each other, how we will consume new products and services as well as what our daily life will be like in the near future. In fact, we have already entered the second life of networks. In addition to providing a perspective on the social and economic issues