Why: The benefits of a connected community <br />Why is investment in and deployment of new and improved wireless infrastructure so important? <br />Consumers no Iongerjust use a phone to make a voice call. Now we use our cell phones, smartphones, tablets, netbooks, <br />e-readers, laptops and more to cornmunicate using more thanjust voice - through these new products and devices <br />lie can now share our schedules, photos, business plans, documents, contacts, location and thoughts. Increasingly, <br />smartphones are the product of choice to perform these functions; as of January 2014, 58 percent of adults in the United <br />States own a smartphone. <br />The benefits of wireless technology are countless and completely transform and improve our daily interactions: <br />Teachers used to wait for textbooks to ship from a warehouse. Now they pull up the latest information and display <br />it on smartboards to discuss with students. <br />use smartphones, netbooks and tablets to access distance-learning applications anywhere and <br />anytime, allowing them to think beyond their classrooms and the local library. <br />Doctors used rouse a l-and line phone to collaborate on a diagnosis. Now, videoconferencing and high-resolution <br />images cleliver better patient care. <br />now have access to telemedicine solutions that can help manage chronic illness like diabetes and heart <br />disease fromtheir smartphone, provide tools for medication adherence, deliver remote care monitoring and keep <br />them healthy with wellness and fitness apps. <br />Engineers used to connect to the Internet via a dial-up landline phone. Now, they can write code as well as test and <br />deploy new software from their tablets. <br />can now use apps on their smartphone to calculate how to prepare solutions, view restriction enzyme <br />information, search online databases for papers or look up protocols and unit conversions. <br />can validate passengers' mobile tickets and keep track of itinerary modifications with an <br />application on their smartphone. <br />Small businesses can monitor and manage the company finances, checkout customers, track materials and <br />take inventory on their phones and tablets <br />Investment also brings economic growth and newjobs. <br />• According to a study by information Age Economics, wireless infrastructure investment will generate as much as $1.2 <br />trillion in economic growth v/hile creating 1.2 million newjobs over the next five years <br />l Pew In--i ne-3 Pi _ scan Life eIec- ,F,er I ile Tuchi i I- w Fac_ Sheer, J.- n -pry -014 <br />P. arse 1,uir an_I paq'in Int:~rrr,r ;n A, 1- ,i ornir 'n Jes: bi a7dbi jnd hrfi a,-rL.r 2 r'ar, I,/,r for (;CP and Job Gi -,rl ?013-2017. Sepc?i lhar2r_i13 <br />