Telecommunication
* Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
* allows consumers to make purchases without traveling to store locations
  - distant researchers to communicate and pool their data
  - information to be shared across state and even national borders
* also makes access to the Internet possible.
* are notoriously susceptible to interception and invasions of privacy.
* are the fastest growing sector in the competitive Finnish economy
  - generator of new products and new businesses
* bedrock of modern business, but also of the modern person s social life.
* breaks down the physical and cultural barriers between distant people.
* can effect more than just the economy, and all the media conglomerates
  - enhance economic development without changing the rural quality of life
  - transform the economic health of a community
* changes the relationship between schools and their communities.
* critical component in existing and emerging information systems.
* describes any system which is capable of transmitting data in electronic form.
* diverse industry.
* does have a populist role to play.
* forms an inportant part of most modern day information systems.
* fundamental infrastructure of the Canadian economy and society.
* has the potential to change the dynamics of communication on many levels.
* includes all aspects of transmitting information
  - sections
* is about culture and the core values of our society
  - togetherness
  - also about culture
  - an important part of genealogical computing
  - designed to provide cost-effective telecommunications service
  - electrical engineering
  - extremely important to the U.S. economy
  - included within the information industry
  - increasingly a seamless, global industry
  - no exception, especially when it comes to cellular phones
  - now at the forefront of today's business world
  - one of the fasted growing segments of business today
* is one of the fastest growing fields in business today
  - fields of electronic technology
  - industries in the world today
  - industries in today s market
  - sectors in the Estonian economy
  - fastest-growing and most dynamic industries in the world today
* is one of the most dynamic sectors of the world economy
  - potential forces in the world today
  - rapidly growing areas in information systems
  - world's most dynamic and brutally competitive businesses
  - part of their economic development
  - perhaps the most exciting, dynamic industry in the world today
  - related to most of the ares of electrical engineering
* is the basic infrastructure of the society
  - communication of information by electronic means
  - fastest growing segment of the Massachusetts economy
  - great equalizer because it makes information available to everyone
  - high tech sector in society
  - hottest sector of China's economy
  - life blood of society
* is the most important physical infrastructure in the modern world
  - sector for the security of the country
  - only sector that remains closed to new foreign investment in key areas
  - technology of the future
  - used to deliver education at remote sites and for delivery of health care
* lifeline of business.
* literally means communication over distance.
* makes it possible for people to work at home rather than in an office.
* method of communication.
* pertains to all media that enable communication from a distance.
* plays a vital role in every business.
* plays an increasingly important role in our lives
  - integral role in the development of communities
* rapidly changing industry.
* refers to a case-based discussion between pathologists.
* reflection of economic activity.
* speeds up the pace of economic activity.
* takes place at school and at home.
* use technology to enhance their understanding and development of basic skills.
* vital infrastructure
  - part of the electronic economy
* vital, growing and enormously profitable industry.