Communications Technology: Global Information Infrastructure
Title: Communications Technology: Global Information Infrastructure
Category: /Social Sciences/Communication Studies
Details: Words: 4510 | Pages: 16 (approximately 235 words/page)
Communications Technology: Global Information Infrastructure
Category: /Social Sciences/Communication Studies
Details: Words: 4510 | Pages: 16 (approximately 235 words/page)
Communications Technology: Global Information Infrastructure
Introduction
We are in the midst of a global information revolution driven by the convergence and proliferation of information and communication technologies. The telecommunications sector is changing at warp speed, driven by technological innovation that results in new equipment and services, and also by new entrants and alliances between companies with experience in a wide range of information industries from telecommunications to broadcasting to computer hardware and software to publishing.
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if distance is truly to disappear.
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Browning, p. 103.
Parker, Edwin B. and Heather E. Hudson, Electronic Byways: State Policies for Rural Development through Telecommunications, second edition. Washington, DC: Aspen Institute, 1995.