Telenor forecasts tech trends of 2018
Staff Reporter
Scientists and technology analysts from Telenor Research have predicted that 2018 will see many of emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Crypto-currencies and automated vehicles to start hitting the markets around the world.
As Bangladesh is continuing its journey towards Digital Bangladesh, it too will face some of these new trends, said a press statement issued by Telenor on Wednesday.
Telenor Groups research arm, Telenor Research have predicted that in 2018 a growing number of our everyday devices could become payment devices in itself - car keys, vending machines, smart phones, connected cars, sports watches etc could all evolve to make payments for the products and services we enjoy.
Head of Telenor Research Bjrn Taale Sandberg said, We have picked the trends that we think are both illuminating and important to stay on top of ahead of the New Year,
When big changes happen it is often because regulation, user preference, and technology converge mobile telephony is one example, the car is another. 2018 will see key developments in all three dimensions, said Sandberg.
Telenor groups research arm, Telenor Research, have predicted seven tech trends coming in 2018 which include changes in social media behaviour, broader use of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning in businesses, AI and Internet of Things (IoT)-based financial services, and advancement in Augmented Reality.
Telenor research shows, Facebook users are posting less amount of relevant information on the Facebook newsfeed is dropping as professional and paid content services are increasing and generating irrelevant information.
Perhaps discouraged by a lack of relevance, users could start turning to other platforms for news, to curate their digital presence and get updates on friends and family, said Bjrn Taale Sandberg.
Telenor Research also believes that 2018 will be the year when deep learning moves beyond the hype, and will find new markets outside of the Internet giants. The research indicates that technology will take on a wide range of industries, including health, energy, transport, and telecommunication.
However, there will be more business failures due to misunderstood use, mismanaged expectations on deep learnings capabilities, immature data handling, and not least from those that think deep learning is a magical tool that can be
bought off the shelf and not grown from within.
Finally 2018 may also see a new momentum in Augmented Reality (AR) which depicts a computer generated image on a users view of real world. Though no mass market re-launch of Googles AR glasses are on the immediate horizon, we should see a surge in the number of apps with AR in 2018, said Sandberg.
With its latest version of the iPhone operating system, Apple has built-in support for augmenting whatever the phones camera captures with additional information.
Over the next years we can expect to see navigation apps use the camera and superimpose a route on the image and games that go beyond Pokmon Go appear in an app store, said Sandberg.
