TY  - BOOK
TI  - Telecommunications in an information age
AV  - CD F 00037 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - [s.l.]
PB  - United States Information Agency
KW  - Telecommunication policy
KW  - United States
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Information superhighway
KW  - Information networks
N1  - Introduction: Vice President Al Gore on the information age -- The distributed information revolution & the global information society / by William J. Drake -- The new environment: Communications technology in transition / by Ken Jacobson -- The global Internet / by Larry Martinez -- The U.S. response: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 / by William J. Drake and Art Brodsky -- Business strategies and markets in transition / by John Windhausen -- Promoting universal service in a competitive marketplace / by Ruth Holder -- Preserving free speech & information diversity / by Andrew J. Schwartzman -- Common uses: Distance learning -- Wireless communication -- Devices for the disabled -- Global positioning systems -- Telemedicine -- Computers at the university / by Robert Taylor -- International issues: The global information infrastructure / by Robert M. Frieden and William J. Drake -- Opportunities for developing countries in the global information economy / by D. Linda Garcia -- More information: Electronic government / by David Lytel -- Inside the Federal Communications Commission -- Glossary
N2  - "Explains the origins of the Internet-based telecommunications revolution that is sweeping the world and U.S. support for the Global Information Infrastructure. It includes "case histories" of how ordinary people use the new technology and a glossary of telecommunications terms."--(http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/gic.htm)
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