In this chapter, the following content will be discussed: Introduction, the evolving telecommunications scene, a new telecommunications infrastructure is being built, the telecom industry is being transformed, the internet is the network of choice, digital convergence has become a reality, the OSI reference model underlies today’s networks, the rate of change is accelerating. | Managing Telecommunications Lecture 14 Telecommunications Telecommunications is the flow of information among individuals, work groups, departments, customer sites, regional offices, between enterprises, and with the outside world The Internet has also opened up a “cyberspace” where people can be in a virtual world, where organizations can conduct business, and in fact, a place where organizational processes exist. This is providing the foundation for the e-business economy, as just about everything about telecom is shifting Today’s Lecture Introduction The Evolving Telecommunications Scene A New Telecommunications Infrastructure is Being Built The Telecom Industry is Being Transformed The Internet is the Network Of Choice Digital Convergence Has Become a Reality The OSI Reference Model Underlies Today’s Networks The Rate of Change is Accelerating Today’s Lecture The Optical Era Will Provide Bandwidth Abundance The Wireless Century Begins Messaging is a Killer App Coming: An Internet | Managing Telecommunications Lecture 14 Telecommunications Telecommunications is the flow of information among individuals, work groups, departments, customer sites, regional offices, between enterprises, and with the outside world The Internet has also opened up a “cyberspace” where people can be in a virtual world, where organizations can conduct business, and in fact, a place where organizational processes exist. This is providing the foundation for the e-business economy, as just about everything about telecom is shifting Today’s Lecture Introduction The Evolving Telecommunications Scene A New Telecommunications Infrastructure is Being Built The Telecom Industry is Being Transformed The Internet is the Network Of Choice Digital Convergence Has Become a Reality The OSI Reference Model Underlies Today’s Networks The Rate of Change is Accelerating Today’s Lecture The Optical Era Will Provide Bandwidth Abundance The Wireless Century Begins Messaging is a Killer App Coming: An Internet of Things The Role of the IS Department Introduction Telecommunications = electronically sending data in any form from one place to another between People Machines, or Objects Introduction. Generally, IS departments have been responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the information highway in the same way that governments are responsible for building and maintaining streets, roads, and freeways Once built, the network, with its nodes and links, provides infrastructure for the flow of information and messages Introduction In early 2000s Telecom became the basis for the way people and companies started working It provides the infrastructure for moving information and messages South Korea’s largest telecommunications firm. It is able to transmit data at a rate of 4 megabits per second, about four times faster than the typical cable modem deliver-ing high-speed Internet service to . households. Introduction. The company uses radio sensors to track the movement of .
