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A discussion on the advances in fixed-line telecommunications, such as using the telephone to access online services, is presented.

Information processing and communications technology innovations have allowed managers to tap into the happenings throughout an organization regardless of the distance between their different operations using electronic mail systems and database access over telephone lines. Even if the advancement of these technologies in business has been spotty and irregular, it is still a trend well worth noting and considering if only for the fast and inexpensive information transmission the technology makes possible. Examples of how international companies use these technologies are described, with systems discussed in use at IBM's British operations, Digital Equipment Co. Ltd. of Great Britain, Club Mediterranee in France, and Siemens AG of West Germany.

The lines have blurred. The similarities among computing, switching, and digital transmission equipment are more apparent than the differences, and the same digital techniques are being used for data, voice, [...]

In recent years there has been an increasing demand for telephone service and, in particular for international service. This demand has been both stimulated and met by advances in technology [...]

The evolution of today's telecommunication systems has spanned nearly 150 years. In the mid-eighteenth century a digital network interconnected countries and continents. Telegraphy, invented in 1837 by Samuel Morse, possessed [...]

As competition among facsimile (fax) machine manufacturers becomes more intense, the cost of fax machines has decreased and the technical sophistication of the machines has increased. Recent trends in fax machines include portable and compact machines, and PC add-on boards that allow computers to emulate fax machines. A major obstacle to the further growth of the facsimile market is the lack of compatibility between different fax machine models.

Why Light Pulses Are Replacing Electrical Pulses in Creating Higher-Speed Transmission Systems Fiber-optic telecommunications, using light pulses instead of electrical pulses for signaling, is the latest stage in the evolution [...]

BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS The divestiture is done. Just about everybody has survived, and deregulation of the communications industry is spawning spectacular opportunities for customers and vendors alike. This White Paper to [...]

Despite recent advances made in telecommunications--bypass systems, T1, digital data services and the like--unless the voice and data volume is there, integrated systems are just not worth the investment, leaving [...]

Here's your platter-spinning papa sendin' the best of the business buzzwords Top 40 right at ya. And this week on the charts, 'teleconferencing' jumped up from number 10 to number [...]

COMPUTER CONFERENCING Cities Service Company had a problem. The oil exploration and driling firm needed a cost-effective and efficient way of coordinating communications among a drilling operation in Manila, project [...]