Evolution of the Intelligent Telecommunications Network

Abstract

A stream of new technologies has transformed the nationwide telecommunications network into the world's largest and most sophisticated information handling system. Computers and software have made the network "intelligent" and allow it to be programmed with great flexibility to bring a myriad of new services to homes and offices.

A Forecast of Office Automation Technology to 2000

“…Generally, LANs have greater capacity, greater expansion potential, and more speed than PBXs. However, PBX installations from a preexisting system are often cheaper (International Data Corporation 1983; see also Mayo 1982).…”

The Effects of Computer Science Advancements on Public Health Research

“…Many companies are also working on the creation of networks that will not only accommodate the traditional data of the past, but voice, image, and video information as well. The ability to send and receive data from several media and draw upon public information repositories beyond the concept of public data bases is now becoming possible (29). Work is continuing in communica tions on a uniform mechanism for data description and a standard transmission protocol to facilitate the sharing and distributing of information both locally and from a distance.…”

“…During the next decade, terminals or stand-alone micro processors will become as ubiquitous and as necessary as the telephone for teaching and research. Technological advances will probably progress toward denser packing of solid-state devices and the extensive use of satellites and fiber-optics in telecommunications, facilitating distributed processing and mul ti-node networks (36). The result of these advances will be that many of the computing activities presently occurring on mainframes or minicomputers will be accomplished on personal computers.…”