[1] The term refers to the use of multiple means of communication, such as email, instant messaging, telephone, face-to-face contact and Web 2.0 information services.
The trend is fueling large increases in bandwidth demand and changes in communications because of the complexity, diversity and integration of new applications and devices using the network.
The communications equipment maker Nortel has recognized hyperconnectivity as a pervasive and growing market condition that is at the core of their business strategy.
CEO Mike Zafirovski and other executives have been quoted extensively in the press referring to the hyperconnected era.
There are other, independent, uses of the term: Some examples to support the existence of this accelerating trend to hyperconnectivity include the following facts and assertions: