REVOLUTION IN TELECOMMUNICATION AND ITS IMPACT IN BUSINESS

Introduction toTelecommunications

Applications of Telecommunications

BusinessTelecommunications

BusinessTelecommunications

TelecommunicationsArchitectures

TelecommunicationsArchitectures

Electronic commu- nications system

Electronic commu- nications system

Electronic meetingsystems

Electronic meetingsystems

Business process systems

Business process systems

• Centralized• Distributed• Client/server• Interorganizational• Global

• Electronic mail• Voice mail• Bulletin Board systems• Videotex• Fascimile• Public Information Service

• Desktop Videoconferencing

• Decision roomconferencing

• Computer conferencing

• Teleconferencing

• Online transaction processing

• Inquiry/Response• EDI / XML• Electronic Funds Transfer• Activity monitoring• Process control• Telecommuting

Telecommunication Components

End-user workstation

Telecommunicationssoftware

Telecommunicationssoftware

Computers

Telecomprocessors

Telecomprocessors

TelecomChannels and Media

5 components

REVOLUTION IN TELECOMMUNICATION• INTRODUCTION OF TELEGRAPH• Started in 1850,the first electric telegraph line between

Kolkata(Calcutta) and Diamond Harbor.• In 1854 Telegraph facilities were opened to the public.

• INTRODUCTION OF TELEPHONE• In 1881 The Oriental Telephone Company Limited of England

opened Telephone Exchanges at Kolkata(Calcutta),Mumbai,Chennai(Madras) and Ahmedabad.

• 28 January 1882,Red Letter Day in the history of telephone in India as Major E.Baring,member of the Governor General of India’s Council declared open the Telephone Exchange in Kolkata,Chennai and Mumbai.

MODERN GROWTH IN LANDLINE AND WIRELESS TELEPHONES

• Until Recently,only BSNL and MTNL were allowed to provide Basic Phone Service through Copper wires in India.

• However,Private Operators like Vodafone,Bharti Airtel,Tata Indicom,Idea Cellular,Aircel and Loop Mobile have also entered the fray.

• India has opted for both GSM and CDMA technologies.• The calls across INDIA are one of the cheapest in the world.

INTERNET AND BROADBAND• Internet Penetration is one of the lowest in the world.• Current Definition of Broadband in India is 256 Kbit/s.• Total broadband connections in the country have reached 8.03 million

comprising 6% of the population.• BSNL,Tata Teleservices,Airtel,Reliance Communication are the major

ISPs in India.

NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS

• MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY(MNP)• Allows users to retain their numbers,while shifting to a different service

provider.• But has been postponed in metros and category ‘A’ service areas.

• INTERNATIONAL• Nine Satellite earth stations-8 Intelsat and 1Inmersat.• Nine Gateway exchanges operating from different Indian cities.

• SUBMARINE CABLES• LOCOM linking Chennai to Penang,Malaysia.• INDIA-UAE Cable linking Mumbai to Al Fujayrah,UAE. • Fibre-Optic Link Around the Globe(FLAG) with a landing site at

Mumbai(2000).

Telecommunications for Business

The Internet and Telecommunication Services• Brief Internet Timeline

– 1960s: Internet began in 1960s as government project (ARPANET)– 1993: Internet commercialized

• TCP/IP (core Internet protocol suite)– 1994: World Wide Web (WWW)

• Tim Berners-Lee• URLs, HTML, HTTP

• Internet brought telecommunications to the masses

• Power of the internet:– Ubiquitous network effects– Cheap– Simple– Standard

Impact of Telecommunications Impact of Telecommunications Society and telecommunicationSociety and telecommunication

Economic ImpactEconomic Impact Social ImpactSocial Impact Other ImpactOther Impact

Microeconomics Macroeconomics

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