The history of ICT is about the democratization of processing power. What once took a valve computer the size of a room can be done by a chip in wristwatch.rnAs goes processing power, so goes economic and social and political power.rnThe world's networks were once ruled by an elite brotherhood that decided who and what could be connected and at what price.rnAs the blogger uprising following the disputed election in Iran demonstrated so dramatically, communications is no longer in the hands of the telcos and the press barons. Networks are open platforms and users have the choice of thousands of devices.
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