{"id":16787,"date":"2019-11-23T01:19:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T19:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=16787"},"modified":"2019-11-23T01:19:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T19:49:01","slug":"intelligent-connectivity-is-the-catalyst-for-fresh-gdp-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/intelligent-connectivity-is-the-catalyst-for-fresh-gdp-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Intelligent Connectivity Is the Catalyst for Fresh GDP Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u2022 Intelligent Connectivity Is the Catalyst for Fresh GDP Growth, According to Huawei Global Connectivity Index 2019 Report<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">As AI-infused Intelligent Connectivity begins to have a meaningful impact on the digital economy and sparks a tipping point for digital transformation, a key finding of Huawei\u2019s GCI 2019 is that countries with GCI scores over 65 that have made continuous investment in Intelligent Connectivity can expect it to boost GDP by more than 1%. At the same time, success in the era of intelligence depends on the ability to collaborate on a global scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Now in its sixth year, GCI 2019 highlights AI\u2019s role as one of four key enablers that drive \u201cIntelligent Connectivity\u201d, alongside Broadband, Cloud, and IoT. All four have the potential to be significant catalysts for economic growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #008000;\"><strong>A new tipping point for national digital transformation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In 2016, the GCI identified the inflection point for emerging markets. When a country scores 35 points in the index, it crosses the threshold beyond which there is a multiplier effect of GDP growth against ICT investment. GCI 2019 found that the stimulus effect of the inflection point was giving a bump to countries on the top of the GCI S-curve as well. For countries with a GCI score of over 65, the S-curve starts to steepen once again. These countries are moving into a new growth cycle. Countries with the highest GCI scores can leverage Intelligent Connectivity to accelerate economic growth up to 2.4 times faster than other nations for every point of GCI improvement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www-file.huawei.com\/-\/media\/corporate\/images\/news4\/2019\/q4\/191118-2.jpg?la=en\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"616\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #008000;\"><strong>The upside potential of AI can stimulate economic growth<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It is not just developed economies that can benefit from Intelligent Connectivity. GCI 2019 finds that nations at every level of digital development can access the \u201cupside potential of AI\u201d as a GDP booster when it is deployed by industries and organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Even for Frontrunners like Japan and the US that have leading ICT infrastructure, the potential of AI has only just begun to be tapped. Adopters and Starters like China, Malaysia, India, the Philippines, and Spain aren\u2019t spinning their wheels, either. They\u2019re rolling out AI technologies as fast as they can.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www-file.huawei.com\/-\/media\/corporate\/images\/news4\/2019\/q4\/191118-3.jpg?la=en\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"495\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #008000;\"><strong>Powering Intelligent Connectivity with global collaboration<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">GCI 2019 also identifies another way that Starter and Adopter nations can stimulate greater economic success: global collaboration. Because Intelligent Connectivity relies on global ecosystems to flourish, GCI 2019 identifies five stakeholder roles that can collaborate across domains to break down organizational silos and deliver fast business results: Decision Makers, Data Scientists, Data Collectors, ICT Companies, and End Users.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Whatever a country&#8217;s level of digital development, policymakers need to look objectively at the strengths of their national economy and determine how they can fit into and profit from the Intelligent Connectivity ecosystem.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #008000;\">We\u2019re now seeing that the fusion of 5G, AI, and cloud has redefined connectivity, <strong>said Kevin Zhang, the CMO of Huawei ICT Infrastructure.<\/strong>\u00a0 Intelligent Connectivity is speeding up the development of the digital economy, so governments and industry leaders in Starter and Adopter nations should embrace new technologies, prioritize work on national-level digital transformation plans, and benefit from global collaboration. Meanwhile, we&#8217;ve realized that Intelligent Connectivity may be the answer to many of the societies&#8217; most complicated and deeply rooted challenges, including climate change and the wealth gap between rich and poor. Huawei is committed to increasing efforts to make technology, applications, and skills accessible to everyone, and bringing Intelligent Connectivity\u2019s benefits to every person, home and organization.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The GCI is designed to provide actionable insights for how policy makers and economic stakeholders can foster greater success in the digital economy. The 79 countries assessed by GCI 2019 account for 95 percent of global GDP and 84 percent of the world\u2019s population.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u2022 For more on the Global Connectivity Index 2019, visit here : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huawei.com\/minisite\/gci\/en\/\">www.huawei.com\/minisite\/gci\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2022 Intelligent Connectivity Is the Catalyst for Fresh GDP Growth, According to Huawei Global Connectivity Index 2019 Report As AI-infused Intelligent Connectivity begins to have a meaningful impact on the digital economy and sparks a tipping point for digital transformation, a key finding of Huawei\u2019s GCI 2019 is that countries with GCI scores over 65 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,9231],"tags":[9763,9764],"class_list":{"0":"post-16787","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-gadgets-and-apps","7":"category-top-stories","9":"tag-intelligent-connectivity-is-the-catalyst-for-fresh-gdp-growth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16787\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}