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TEACHER M
ISABEL
MAGALHES
The very nature of global communication is one of the driving factors behind
globalisation, and as the technology that drives these changes gets smaller and more efficient
international communication gets easier and faster.
The path from traditional postage to global wireless connectivity has been long,
however recent developments have shown that it is exponential in nature. With traditional paper
based postage, it takes a long time for a message to get through to its destination, and this was
how the international communication worked for a long time. This situation evolved the first
telegraphy and telephony systems, which were developed and put to use. The introduction of the
telephone (apart from being of vital importance in its own right) also led to developments in
what was to become the biggest international communication infrastructures the world has ever
seen the Internet.
The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, which is also becoming integrated
into mobile phones, digital assistants and mobile gaming devices. The Internet is a vital part of
the communications solutions for many individuals and business enterprises, as it allows for
practically instantaneous and inexpensive communication all over the world.
Internet
infrastructure began on standard telephony wires, although today its more likely to be accessed
via dedicated cables, satellites and wireless networks.
The growth of wireless communication networks for mobile phones and the Internet are the
latest evolutionary steps in global communication; besides, Wi-Fi, mobile broadband Internet,
and mobile phones are now common in modern industrialised society. With so many
developments happening so fast around the technology that surrounds international
communications, its hard to predict exactly what will occur in the future. However, current
trends are leading us towards to a future faster and smaller wireless communication.
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