Globalization

Globalization 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. Three major trends are driving these changes: · the rapid introduction of new technologies and services; · the restructuring of the telecommunications sector; and · globalization of economies and of communications. Together these developments are not only changing the world of telecommunications, but the ways people work, learn, and interact. The Death of Distance "The death of distance as a determinant of the cost of communications will probably be the single most important economic force shaping society in the first half of the next century." The death of distance could have profound implications for both individuals and organizations. The ability to work "anytime, anywhere" allows "road warriors" to work without offices on planes, in hotels, and at client sites, and enables information workers to telecommute from their homes rather than information, telecommunications, services, countries, access, internet, new, technologies, networks, yet, work, world, companies, service, rather, infrastructure, global, economic, developing, data, telephone, technology, states, development, communications, users, satellite, projects, market, european, electronic, distance, businesses, using, rural, need, much, investment, international, industry, highway, high, health, europe, economies, customers, video, united, reach, policymakers