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Organizations, personnel, procedures, facilities and networks employed to transmit and receive information by electrical or electronic means. In accordance with definition from ''The International Encyclopedia of Communication''  communication infrastructure refers to the backbone of the communications system upon which various broadcasting and telecommunication services are operated.<ref>The International Encyclopedia of Communication - http://www.communicationencyclopedia.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405131995_yr2011_chunk_g97814051319958_ss78-1</ref> This can be built from copper cable, fiber, or wireless technologies utilizing the radio frequency spectrum, such as microwave and satellite. The infrastructure is the core component that connects upstream production, such as voice, data and audiovisual services, with downstream consumers. In the very common sense the infrastructure could be defined as capital goods offering public services, often associated with public utilities such as electricity, water, and communications,<ref>Hirschman, A. The Strategy of Economic Development, New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1958</ref> and this definition remains pertinent to communication infrastructure today because it does not link public services to public capital goods.
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Organizations, personnel, procedures, facilities and networks employed to transmit and receive information by electrical or electronic means. In accordance with definition from ''The International Encyclopedia of Communication''  communication infrastructure refers to the backbone of the communications system upon which various broadcasting and telecommunication services are operated.<ref>The International Encyclopedia of Communication - http://www.communicationencyclopedia.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405131995_yr2011_chunk_g97814051319958_ss78-1</ref> This can be built from copper cable, fiber, or wireless technologies utilizing the radio frequency spectrum, such as microwave and satellite. The infrastructure is the core component that connects upstream production, such as voice, data and audiovisual services, with downstream consumers. In the very common sense the infrastructure could be defined as capital goods offering public services, often associated with public utilities such as electricity, water, and communications,<ref>Hirschman, A. The Strategy of Economic Development, New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1958</ref> and this definition remains pertinent to communication infrastructure today because it does not link public services to public capital goods. The ability to communicate with customers and suppliers, either by mail, by phone, or through other electronic media, is very important to the smooth operation of an international transaction.
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== '''List of countries by number of mobile phones in use''' ==
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Revision as of 14:55, 27 September 2012

Organizations, personnel, procedures, facilities and networks employed to transmit and receive information by electrical or electronic means. In accordance with definition from The International Encyclopedia of Communication communication infrastructure refers to the backbone of the communications system upon which various broadcasting and telecommunication services are operated.[1] This can be built from copper cable, fiber, or wireless technologies utilizing the radio frequency spectrum, such as microwave and satellite. The infrastructure is the core component that connects upstream production, such as voice, data and audiovisual services, with downstream consumers. In the very common sense the infrastructure could be defined as capital goods offering public services, often associated with public utilities such as electricity, water, and communications,[2] and this definition remains pertinent to communication infrastructure today because it does not link public services to public capital goods. The ability to communicate with customers and suppliers, either by mail, by phone, or through other electronic media, is very important to the smooth operation of an international transaction.


List of countries by number of mobile phones in use

References

  1. The International Encyclopedia of Communication - http://www.communicationencyclopedia.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405131995_yr2011_chunk_g97814051319958_ss78-1
  2. Hirschman, A. The Strategy of Economic Development, New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Press, 1958
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