These and related pressures are reviewed and forecast into the next century in this comprehensive report covering the long distance industry. BCC has compiled a practical and well-researched scenario for telecommunications in the future, and related those findings to the long distance market. As data transmission was to the 1970s and as facsimile transmission was to the 1980s, video communications will be the growth telecommunications application for the 1990s. Video is moving from the conference room to the desktop and, consequently, to the home. Underlying this growth will be a significant drop in cost for the digitized hardware needed for video communications, combined with low-cost digital services offered by the telecommunication carriers, based upon the ISDN architecture.
Market segmentation is defined and evaluated, and market projections by size and value are provided.
Rising incidences of reported injuries resulting from the use of electronic data entry systems are focusing increased attention on the physical aspects of the workplace. This comprehensive BCC report analyzes the new product developments in keyboards, mouses, workstations, monitors, and accessory products. Medical and occupational statistics on claimed workstation related eye, hand, neck and back ailments are documented with a view toward their impact on new office equipment designs and supplies for the computing environment. Leading suppliers of ergonomic adjustable products and services are examined. Corporate experiences and research training programs are reviewed.