Georgia's Annual Forum on Leading Technolgies

2008 Featured Industry: Convergence

The past decade has been marked by extraordinary developments in the media and telecommunications industries, issuing forth what some have dubbed the "Age of Convergence". Rapid wide-scale consumer and business adoption of cellular devices and the Internet have lead to a fundamental shift in the way we live, interact and transact. The convergence of information access, media distribution and communication mediums across multiple user platforms has created entirely new consumer and business demands, opening the door for new industries to emerge. This has spawned the growth of new enterprises and provided significant opportunity for entrepreneurs.