On June 25 in Milan was held on the first day of the workshop "Wireless Revolution: the new frontier of innovation."
The event organized by the Politecnico di Milano under the Business Forum for Wireless by the Observatory on ICT world has shown an overview of wireless technologies in their broadest sense, that is all that it provides a 'interaction between two or more devices not connected by fixed infrastructure.
technologies in the field were therefore the most varied: from established mobile networks GSM and UMTS, to RFID via WiFi, Bluetooth, NFC , GPS, infrared and even microwave.
The presentation of the data collected Centre has displayed a high level, mainly focused on the impacts on the business rather than technology, divided into impacts on consumers, impact on processes and impacts boobies people (understood as the employees of companies). impacts on consumers
two main themes: one is the wireless technology as an enabler for electronic commerce (which becomes mobile commerce) and the other the world as a new mobile publishing platform for content and commerce. The theme
mCommerce assumes that the promises have not Maten from "traditional" eCommerce Web are largely unspoken reasons for poor usability and security of the latter. The mobile terminals, with their simplicity and dissemination could unlock the situation, particularly in countries like Italy, where broadband Internet access is still limited.
Another aspect of the mobile content, or the ability to send information to the consumer at the most appropriate and the most appropriate place.
Possible applications may have the most varied, typically ranging from marketing "geo" (MMS sent when you are near a certain place) the sale of content accessible directly on the mobile terminal (itineraries, maps, information on current events).
Imp acts on processes
As can be imagined, there is no business process (whatever the sector of activity) that can not be twisted and tweaked by wireless technologies.
The data, however, on the one hand shows a certain dynamism of firms to experiment with applications "targeted" show was very difficult to take advantage of these technologies.
In essence you are working to solve the specific problem, an optimized single application but do not grasp the full benefits to avoid distortion of business processes, often seen as an undue risk.
business process, although inefficient and not up to date, are perceived as the very identity of the company, a value is not compromised by changes risky.
For example, RFID is used to improve inventory management, but not to track the shipment of goods or vice versa.
Impact on People
The themes are the same as those expressed in Enterprise 2.0, this time declined as easy access to corporate resources, anywhere, anytime. The employee becomes
holding a key resource to be exploited and best use by providing the best tools.
The "Mobile Worker" is changed from specific niche (the top management take rather that the technicians in the field) to mainstream, or potentially all employees. 
The old desktop (with a desktop pc) evolve in Mobile Workspace, objectives of eliminating all barriers that limit the productivity and at the same time improving quality of life of the employee himself. The Mobile Payments
This important topic was specific context of a seminar, other topics discussed in-depth coverage they deserve, in short: Short
History of Mobile Payments: the initial enthusiasm, the pause for reflection and prospects for the future.
Case Study on Mobile Payments in the Japan-Korea, an example of integration between different branches of industry that generated value for all stakeholders.
The current situation in Europe, yet still embryonic and poorly integrated initiatives.
The outlook for Italy, the crucial role of new regulations on payments promoted by the Bank of Italy.
The Wireless Machine-to-machine (M2M)
means for M2M applications that require two or more devices interacting with no intervention human, such as the SCADA systems and telemetry.
In this case, the wireless has both a role in enabling certain solutions (eg remote control of machinery in motion) is a role of accelerator solutions are possible but too costly or complex version with fixed connections.
Consolidated
An example is the remote reading of meters of households with electricity and gas: the tangible benefits are equal to a 70% savings on total cost of reading on the spot.
The potential applications are really a lot and still poorly explored, considering that most solutions are based on GSM technology (under Migrating to GPRS) and only a few cases using the latest technology.
Conclusions
So much technology, in many cases, the potential still untapped.
a "Wireless Revolution" with different interpretations: literally, "wireless" but also "without strings and bureaucratic snares" that block or slow the development. So the
ingengneri have done their part, now it's up to managers and politicians, and in this case the term "Revolution" is mainly a "wishful thinking".
