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Telecommunications - the 21st century and beyond

Telecommunication is the method of transmitting a message or signal back and forth between two locations separated by some distance. Only a few hundred years ago, this was done by writing messages on rocks and relying on messengers to deliver the message within days to a predetermined location. Today, we can send multi-meg sized Excel files right from our handheld wireless device to any part of the world within a matter of seconds.

The telecommunications industry has been one of the fastest, if not the fastest advancing industry in the world. And if you think that we have reached the pinnacle of telecommunications advancement, think again! With the combination of advanced wireless enabled hardware devices and broadband wireless signaling technology, telecommunication is really in its infancy.

Sprint, one of the wireless communication leaders, has been very aggressive in deploying their version of mobile broadband technology nationwide. According to Sprint, most of the US population will be able access mobile wireless access by the end of 2007. In addition to coverage areas, premier wireless companies like Sprint are always working on improving speeds, signal quality and security. Just a few years ago, the idea of gaining internet access on laptops from virtually anywhere was a fantasy. If wireless technology continues to advance the way it has, we should be able to, within a matter of just a few years, access the internet at speeds of about 10Mbps while in the middle of an international flight.

One might wonder what additional users can gain from faster speeds and better signal quality. Well firstly, we will see a tremendous growth in wireless broadband users in the next few years - just like the transition we've experienced from dial-up users to DSL or cable users. Not only have internet users become spoiled by the availability of low cost broadband services, but most of today's websites, with flash and high quality HTML, demand web surfers to have sufficient bandwidth to efficiently navigate through their sites. As applications become more versatile and wide spread, the demand for faster speeds will always continue to rise. But as we continue to use the internet as a tool to make our lives easier and more convenient; it's not the speeds and signals we should be focusing on - it's the security. With the increase in wireless users that access ecommerce websites, the pressure will be on the wireless providers to keep their users safe from spy ware and ad ware.

Since we have seen an increase in demand for wireless communication and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), there will be a drastic decline in demand for the copper infrastructure that was placed by the "bell companies" over the past century. For the first time ever, the subscription of wireless phone lines exceeded the number of landlines in 2005. And with the existing landlines converting to VoIP, the copper lines will eventually be of no use. The copper infrastructure will likely be replaced by a new, more robust fiber optic network and wireless "access points", serving a similar function of the current "DMARC" and wire boxes.

Over the years, telecommunications has evolved from simply a way of making long distance calls to becoming a way of life in almost everything we do today. E-mails, wireless calls and internet access, streaming video and music, and remote access are examples of what the evolution of telecommunications has brought to us. It is not unimaginable that in a few years doctors will be able to perform complex surgeries from their home via the internet that are connected to robots in hospitals. Likewise, fighter planes may be controlled from a base station via a wireless connection that controls an onboard computer. These are just some of the wide range of applications that advanced telecommunications of the future will bring to us. From what we've experienced, technology has advanced at the pace of our imagination, and therefore, the future of telecommunications is only limited by our imagination.

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