On November 7 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Malta Section, in collaboration with the Chamber of Engineers, organised a lecture on 'Technology evolution and the business of telecommunications'.

It was delivered by Prof. Roberto Saracco, under the distinguished lecturer programme of the IEEE Communications Society.

The event, co-ordinated by Saviour Zammit, professional development officer and treasurer of the IEEE Malta Section, was open to all IEEE and Chamber of Engineers members.

Prof. Saracco entertained a healthy audience with a lecture on the current state of the art in telecommunications and his view of the future. He discussed scenarios that are expected to take place in infrastructures and services. Examples discussed by Prof. Saracco included the increase in memory chip capacity, which in the future will store thousands of films on a piece of plastic; flat screens reaching maximum resolution of eight megabits at which the human eye cannot distinguish screen from reality, making the viewer part of the story; the infrastructure that will take fibre to the home, allowing high bandwidths and speeds, and more.

As to the business aspect of telecommunications he stressed that divergence is key to success, as the customer has a fixed amount to spend on these services. Prof. Saracco is well known in the international arena and is currently responsible for long-term research and scientific communications reporting directly to the chief technology officer of Telecom Italia.

The IEEE Malta Section forms part of the IEEE, an international organisation based in the US, which incorporates engineers, ICT professionals and technologists. The Chamber of Engineers is the professional body representing engineers in Malta.

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