In Finland, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop recently made a controversial appearance on MTV3's "Hjalliksen kanssa." Host Hjallis Harkimo inquired about the Nokia Lumia 928 smart phone but the CEO avoided answering the question and even tossed the host's Apple iPhone on the smart card.
The TV show host showed the Nokia CEO his Apple iPhone but claimed that he would like to get his hands on a Nokia smart phone. "Oh, how embarrassing! I can take care of that for you right here," Elop stated as he took the iPhone and threw it. "There you go, it's gone," Elop added.
Hjallis Harkimo further prodded the Nokia CEO about the Nokia Lumia 928. "I want to have a Nokia phone because I believe in you and I believe in Nokia. But I want to have that Lumia 928. So when do I get it?" Harkimo asked.
Though Stephen Elop remain tight-lipped on that matter, the Nokia CEO assured Harkimo that he will replace the tossed iPhone with a Nokia Lumia smart phone. Elop insisted that he will not discuss the Nokia Lumia 928 but would generally talk about the future plans of Nokia.
Numerous reports surrounding the Nokia Lumia 928 indicate the upcoming smart phone could be Nokia's latest smart phone that will battle with rivals such as Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One. Nokia Lumia 928 reportedly has a 4.5-inch OLED screen display, a great processor, a microSD card slot for expanded internal storage capacity and remarkable camera features.
The all-aluminum Lumia 928 body is reportedly 10.2mm thin with a somewhat curved spine design making it lighter compared to the Nokia Lumia 920. Nokia Lumia 920 has undergone the United States Federal Communications Commission's test and the smart phone is predicted to arrive this April 2013 in Verizon for the equivalent LTE bands 4 and 13 that matches the carrier's network.
You don’t see bumper stickers touting “My child is a D+ student.” That’s because it’s not something to boast about, and neither is the D+ rating that our nation’s infrastructure earned in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ 2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure.
The ASCE’s report presents a sobering assessment of our nation’s current infrastructure and transportation conditions and needs across 16 sectors, including our nation’s roads, bridges, ports and electrical grid. If your child comes home with this report card, then you know it is time for a parent–teacher conference on what actions are needed to turn things around.
The same can be said for our neglected roads and bridges, our inadequate ports, our strained electrical grid and our outdated aviation system.
A well-functioning infrastructure is fundamental to our competitiveness and economic survival. Families depend on the electrical grid to turn on the lights in their homes. To thrive, communities count on safe drinking water and sound wastewater systems. Manufacturers and businesses rely on safe and reliable roads to transport goods to domestic and international markets.
However, it is easy to miss the larger economic role infrastructure plays in our lives. In addition to having a direct effect on long-term economic growth, infrastructure increases gross domestic product, employment, household income and exports.
This D+ rating serves as a much-needed wake-up call to prioritize investment in our infrastructure. Not only will investment in our infrastructure bolster U.S. global competitiveness and help lower the cost of manufacturing in the United States, but it will provide businesses efficient means to deliver goods here and overseas. This investment will attract businesses to our country, create jobs and increase federal revenue.
Without it, our country will face deteriorating conditions across multiple sectors and miss the opportunity to begin modernizing infrastructure systems critical to manufacturing in the United States. Our global competitors are already undertaking vast infrastructure projects; falling behind them is not an option, but it is becoming a reality.
Infrastructure in the United States was ranked first place in 2005 by the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Competitiveness Report, but by 2012, the nation had fallen to 14th in the world.
Unfortunately, a cohesive vision to direct strategic investment to our infrastructure has been nonexistent in Washington for too long. By restoring fiscal order and making infrastructure investment a critical legislative priority, we can lay the foundation for sustained economic growth that will shore up confidence in our economy and put Americans back to work.
The promising news from the ASCE report is that when smart, strategic investments are made by both the public and private chip card, we see real improvements in our infrastructure that boosts our competitiveness.
For example, in 2009, Pennsylvania split a $95 million investment with a major company to create an intermodal rail and truck facility. The return on this investment has been the creation of more than 10,000 new jobs from businesses that located distribution centers near this transportation hub. Pennsylvania ended that year 2 points lower than the national unemployment average and the lowest among the industrial states in great part because of its policy in making significant investments in its infrastructure.
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