TELECOMMUNICATIONS
 
“The communication of information by electronic means, usually over some distance”
Laudon (1998:300)
 
 

 
Telecommunications has become a essential, integrate part of the business world and is s fascinating and rapidly expanding area.  It is an area of technology which affects our lives both socially and economically.  It has resulted in an expansion in job mobility and changed the nature of work in industry dramatically.  These technological advances began in Britain in 1839 with simple and slow telegraph systems, yet has developed into a huge business acting as a nervous system to comtemporary society.

 The aim of this site is to provide information on the following aspects of telecommunications:
 

 Page Created on the 20th May 2000 by Karen Redfern
 Page Updated on the 24th May 2000