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interoperability and extensibility of the underlying enabling fabric. It is a limited direction in
breadth and scope, not a transformational paradigm.
The Internet
Virtual in nature, it is implicitly an expansive paradigm. e mobile information landscape is an
integral part of the Internet—information on the go, personalized, powering a virtual world with
a dizzying array of capabilities. In this model, the realm of ideas and imagination is a fundamental
note. It separates commoditization from the boundless value resident in the thought realm. It is an
incubator for open models fostering value creation and sustainability.
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