Revolution in the U.S. Information Infrastructure

Revolution in the U.S. Information Infrastructure

  • Editor: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309052870
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309520454
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309176323
  • Lloc de publicació:  United States
  • Any de publicació digital: 1995
  • Mes: Juny
  • Pàgines: 88
  • Idioma: Anglés

While societies have always had information infrastructures, the power and reach of today's information technologies offer opportunities to transform work and family lives in an unprecedented fashion. This volume, a collection of six papers presented at the 1994 National Academy of Engineering Meeting Technical Session, presents a range of views on the subject of the revolution in the U.S. information infrastructure. The papers cover a variety of current issues including an overview of the technological developments driving the evolution of information infrastructures and where they will lead; the development of the Internet, particularly the government's role in its evolution; the impact of regulatory reform and antitrust enforcement on the telecommunications revolution; and perspectives from the computer, wireless, and satellite communications industries.

  • Front Matter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • The Evolution of Information Infrastructures: The Competitive Search for Solutions
  • The Role of Government in the Evolution of the Internet
  • The Promise of the National Information Infrastructure
  • Satellite Communications in the Global Information Infrastructure
  • Current Trends and Likely Futures in Wireless Systems
  • Antitrust Enforcement and the Telecommunications Revolution: Friends, Not Enemies

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