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Intel’s Craig Barrett spoke yesterday about technology’s impact on the society and the way that we should use it in the future. I guess he found very relevant the example of Mobexpert and Siveco. The guests didn’t judging by the expression on their faces. He also offered two laptops to a teacher and a student that he invited on the stage (they built together a software that they “sold” to Siveco).
Nadia Comaneci’s presence was decorative and brought some more publicity to the event. Barrett had a small teleconference over Wimax with a mayor in far town in Sweden. The entire show was huge, with big screens, professional sound system and bodyguards (but I guess they are very common in the Parliament’s House).
The press briefing was consistent with questions that wanted to seem intelligent and corporative answers. I found out that Romania’s network readiness indicator is 58 (38 for Hungary, 43 for Greece, 64 for Bulgaria, 72 for Russia) and the e-readiness indicator is 47 (30 for Hungary, 28 for Greece, 42 for Bulgaria, 52 for Russia).
Barrett emphasized some of Romania’s big successes: the e-procurement system ad the Euro 200 program. It seems an Euro 300 program will follow.
Intel and the ministry of Communication signed a Memorandum of Understanding, concerning the launch of a future EPP (Employee Purchase Program) and the Wimax technology in Romania. Consultancy is the main goal of the memorandum, but no practical steps were stated by the ministry at the briefing.
