Emerging Telecommunications Technologies ISOM 591 International Telecommunications February

Emerging Telecommunications Technologies ISOM 591 International Telecommunications February 21, 2000

Communications Model Sender Communication channel noise Receiver

Telecommunications Transmission wire telegraph (Morse) n wireless telegraphy (Marconi) n printing telegraph n binary code (Baudot) n telephone (Alexander Graham Bell n

Telecommunications Transmission telephone switching systems - from manual to automatic n AM radio and the vacuum tube n AT&T and Western Union n FDM n telecommunications regulation n

Telecommunications Transmission semiconductors n computer switching systems n coaxial cable n microwave radio n transatlantic submarine cable n

Telecommunications Transmission digital switching - TDM annd PCM n satellite relay communications n CATV n fiber optics n break-up of Ma Bell n fiber optic cable n

Telecommunications Transmission n new network technologies n n ATM Telecom Act of 1996

The Internet and the Global Economy From the UNIVAC to 700 Mhz on the desktop to molecular nanotechnology n IC’s n The Internet n from ARPANET to cyberspace to guy. com n WWW, JAVA, Web. TV, Palm. Pilot n Mer e-Christmas! n

Internet Hardware, Software, and Services n Cisco, 3 Com, Sun, IBM n cisco. com Microsoft vs. Netscape n ISP’s n n AOL and Netscape Retail services n e-trading n

What can you on the Web? Electronic newspapers n e-commerce n education n music n chat rooms n real estate n

Internet Access n 56 K from the home n too slow! Cable modem n DSL n ISDN (still around!) n

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