Murray Hill, N.J. (April, 2000) -- Arun Netravali begins his presidency of Bell Labs by making a few considered predictions on where communications will take us.

• Communications will enfold the Earth
• Devices will have more to chat about than humans
• Bandwidth will become too inexpensive to meter
• Personalized services will be hosted on open networks
• The Internet will become high IQ
• Networks databases will make connectivity a snap
• Virtualization will be a reality