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• telecommunications had a clear meaning

  by ravi teja April 23, 2021
  Before the emergence of the Internet and other data networks, telecommunications had a clear meaning: the telephone (and earlier the telegraph) was an application of technology that allowed people to communicate at a distance by voice (and earlier by encoded electronic signals), and telephone servic...

• the advanced mobile phone system

  by ravi teja April 19, 2021
  Growing consumer demand and the need to make better use of available spectrum resources fueled the development of a second generation of wireless technologies (also commonly referred to as 2G technologies). This second generation marked the transition to a fully digital technology, providing enhance...

• the biggest contributor to support

  by ravi teja April 15, 2021
  The numbers are not definitive: there might, for example, be some physical sciences work that supports telecommunications, and (similarly uncounted) physical sciences work that supports IT as well. Also, not all of the LSN budget supports networking research per se. For example, the biggest contribu...

• The societal importance of telecommunications

  by ravi teja April 12, 2021
  The societal importance of telecommunications is well accepted and broadly understood, reflected in its near-ubiquitous penetration and use. Noted below are some of the key areas of impact: Telecommunications provides a technological foundation for societal communications. Communication plays a cen...

• telecommunications and related industries

  by ravi teja April 7, 2021
  The committee’s findings below outline challenges to the telecommunications sector’s continuing capacity for innovation. The recommendations that follow identify actions that the U.S. telecommunications industry, research community, and government should take together to strengthen the n...

• telecommunications industry has changed

  by ravi teja April 4, 2021
  The structure of the U.S. telecommunications industry has changed dramatically over recent decades, with consequences for research. Major changes over the past several decades have included the breakup of the Bell System, especially the 1984 divestiture, the 1995 creation of Lucent Technologies, and...