Technical Advancement in the Field of Telecommunication

Technical Advancement in the Field of Telecommunication

The move into the Information Society is driven by the market for new information and communications technologies and services. Whilst the large number of technologies and services and their providers bring expectations of higher economic growth, there has been a growing concern about the social, ethical, cultural, political and economic aspects of the coming society. For some time there has been a considerable interest in the prospects of obtaining a "sustainable development" through the use of telecommunication technologies. The generally accepted definition of sustainable development is that

"current generations should meet their needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Whereas the term sustainability has most often been used when referring to the environment,

INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT

Industry wide restructuring is Inevitable. Major telecommunication service providers such as AT& T and WorldCom are responding to a major business model shift. The problem is weak long distance revenues, falling market, share, reduced profits, and lack of strategic direction. The long distance business is largely a commodity business that does not have the strategic growth capability. Deregulation has damaged this product segment for the major carriers because it allows Regional Bell Companies (RBC) to offer long distance services to regional customers and bypass traditional long distance providers. But competition also comes from Independent Local Exchange Carriers (ILEC) which is subject to far less stringent regulatory hurdles and requirements. ILEC's have launched successful l...

... middle of paper ...

...the proposed exploration of societal conditions and constraints, effects and problems has a clear commercial dimension since any conditions which may create barriers for the acceptance of products and services are counter-productive to business.

We believe that the choices our society makes in the next decade will have a dramatic effect on which of the possible changes actually occur in the decades afterwards. EURESCOM projects within this area will contribute knowledge to help us make these choices wisely, based on careful thought about the values that are important to us and the kind of world in which we would like our children to live

Bibliography:

Works cited

http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PLENARY/L1-6/html/paper.html

http://www.ers.usda.gov/briefing/Infrastructure/InfrastructureTelecommunications.htm

http://tap.gallaudet.edu/hatfield.htm