At Plextal we are motivated by a vision of an open marketplace of new and powerful connectivity-enabled experiences that simplify and enrich people’s lives, ushering in the Digital Life. The foundation of this Digital Life is a robust, high-speed, IP network with universal reach and accessibility, made possible through a combination of declining costs, and increased functionality of networks, wireless devices, processors, storage, high definition displays, and other consumer electronics and business devices.

Digital Life will have an impact people have not experienced since the invention of the telephone, television or the Internet. Digital Life will significantly boost productivity, enhance communication, and improve how education, public and governmental services, healthcare, and entertainment are provided.

Digital Life experiences are characterized by:

Convergence of world knowledge, entertainment, content and communication services into the IP network.

Integration and auto-federation among different device types: Historically, consumer devices such as PCs, TVs, phones, audio systems, gaming consoles, alarm systems, and lighting systems have been stand-alone devices providing fixed functions with zero or minimal connectivity.  In Digital life, devices will be on the same network speaking IP as the lingua-franca and auto-federating to deliver integrated user experiences. A phone might sense an IP-connected TV in the vicinity and offer a video connection to augment the conversation.

Location transparency of services: Services will be accessible anywhere (home, office, school, hotel, airport, car), from any device (phone, TV, Computer); started at one location, and resumed at any other location. For example starting a movie at home and resuming it in your hotel room. Just as email and web surfing are already universally location-transparent, Digital Life will make telephony, radio, video and other services location transparent.

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