T here is truly a telecommunications revolution occurring globally.
Developing countries are eagerly seeking to upgrade and expand their telecommunications infrastructure in order to provide a base for bringing in manufacturing industry. Developed countries are expanding the services provided over telecommunications and cable television networks. Private business is poised to invest heavily in telecommunications equipment in order to raise productivity. These businesses are now able to take advantage of the telecommunications services available through broadband networks, which as a result of infrastructure investment by the principal network operators in the mid-1990s have become widely available. BCC notes that of the countries in Eastern Europe, Russia will have the highest growth rate.