About Adrian
A seasoned traveler with a passion for technology, Adrian Simpson is your guide to the connected globe. His smart and accessible style made him a sought-after presenter on TV shows like BBC’s Top Gear and Discovery’s Adventure Travel Show. For Round. The world. Connected. he brings you regular reports on the latest developments in connectivity from every corner of the globe.
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From Europe to Africa and beyond, you can travel alongside with Adrian to discover what connectivity means in today’s world.
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28Apr
Episode 1: Europe
On the first leg of his voyage Adrian discovers IPTV, travels from Brussels to Paris on a Wi-Fi enabled bullet train, and then visits Helsinki where he interviews members of the tech-elite to find out where communications are heading in the future.
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05May
Episode 2: Africa
Episode 2 finds Adrian in Ethiopia, where he learns how many villages are gaining access to the latest communications technologies with the help of solar power. Then it’s on to Kenya, where Adrian learns how mobile communications are changing the way people do their banking, even visit their doctors.
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14May
Episode 3: Latin America
Episode 3 takes Adrian to Latin America, where prepaid services rule and innovative CSPs enable subscribers to send airtime from one device to another. In Mexico Adrian also learns what the government is doing to improve broadband usage for its citizens, and why many businesses here are moving from face-to-face to online business transactions.
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14May
Episode 4: USA
Episode 4 welcomes Adrian to the most connected country in the world – the USA – to learn how Barack Obama supporters used social networking tools to help him to victory, how American entrepreneurs are also using the internet to quickly build personal relationships with their customers, and even how artists are using mobile technology to share and create work.
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21May
Episode 5: India
With the second largest population in the world, and a fast-growing economy that wields big influence, India is a powerhouse driving global connectivity. But domestically, the country could do much better, Adrian Simpson learns in this thought-provoking episode.
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23Jun
Episode 6: China
Join Adrian as he learns what connectivity means to people and service providers in fast-moving China, why homegrown social networking sites are so popular, and the pivotal role communications played in the 2008 Beijing Summer Games on the one hand and the Chengdu earthquake on the other.
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01Jul
Episode 7: Indonesia
Explore this fascinating country of opposites – in urban areas end-users are highly sophisticated and help make the capital, Jakarta, the "blogging capital of the world", whereas geographical challenges have kept many rural villagers from enjoying the benefits of communications technologies in any form. Happily some recent innovations have now begun to address this disparity.
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01Jul
Episode 8: Japan
Here on this densely populated island-nation, highly efficient communications networks are mandatory – especially when its techno-chic consumers demand ready access to 3G connections and seemingly everything is available on mobile devices.
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Join Adrian as he discovers how Nokia Siemens Networks is helping Communications Service Providers (CSPs) across the world improve efficiency with managed services. With its three Global Network Solution Centers in Portugal and India, and Global Network Operation Centers in these countries as well as the United States, Nokia Siemens Networks provides outstanding managed service solutions to many of the world's leading CSPs, helping them reduce OPEX and provide better value for money to end users.
