It wasn t until the early 1980s that Cellular technology became viable due to processing power of computer chips. Twenty percent of the population uses 70 percent of the telephone lines. Good news is this is rapidly changing - esp. in Asia. Key - new technologies cheaper.
Television Rise in capacity of delivery systems Fall in cost of making and distributing programs.
This coincides with great increase in Business TV Networks using small dishes to communicate and exchange info. The key - you need a new digital TV with a wide screen aspect ratio to receive all advantages of this signal. Multicasting HDTV Enhanced DTV Digital Services - internet, telephone, direct purchase, interactivity. The most astonishing technological phenomenon of the past 50 years. Internet has always been a public sector development.