Enabling Transformation: Information and Communication Technologies and the Networked Society
The Dynamic Infrastructure of the 21st Century

As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, the potential for creating new forms of value grows exponentially as each new person and device is connected.

This white paper is an analysis of how information and communication technologies (ICT) can serve as strategic enablers in the transformation of the global economy. Showcasing the transformative impact of ubiquitous connectivity, distributed computing and a highly intelligent networking core, the analysis demonstrates how ICT can be leveraged across multiple industries for new efficiencies and capabilities.

Whether it is upgrading the intelligence of the electric grid, predicting traffic jams before they happen or increasing the flow of information between patients and doctors, ICT is poised as a central element for a transformed and low-carbon society.

Written in close collaboration with leading experts from the Telecommunications Industry Partner community of the World Economic Forum, this work is the second in a multi-part series highlighting the potential for ICT to serve as a catalyst for positive change.

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	“Today’s high-speed devices and networks have the power to collapse time and space, transmitting data in real-time and enabling entirely new levels of communications and data sharing between patients, family, care givers and their professional healthcare teams.” Paul E. Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated, USA
	“ICT is critical to modernizing the electrical grid. The Smart Grid will greatly influence the transformation of the energy sector by advancing the adoption of renewable and clean technologies such as electric vehicles. It will greatly increase overall efficiency and reliability. Ultimately, spurring economic growth.” Peter L. Corsell, Chief Executive Officer, GridPoint, USA
	“ICT can be viewed as humanity’s nervous system and an ideal platform for helping to solve some of our greatest economic, social and environmental challenges.” Alexander Pentland, Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
	“Connectivity will soon be considered a human right, and its transformative power is just beginning.” Dov Baharav, President and Chief Executive Officer, Amdocs, Israel
	“I believe that as consumers are given the right technological tools and turned loose on health care, they will completely transform the health care industry” Mike McCallister, President and Chief Executive Officer, Humana Inc.