EDRD 3160 Study Guide - Final Guide: Frequency Allocation, Communications Satellite, Optical Fiber

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Design and Rural Development
• Course: EDRD 3160
• Professor: Helen Hambly

Document Summary

Most of the concern about global broadcasting and communication focuses on ownership, content, impact, and cultural issues, the global telecommunications infrastructure or the medium by which content is transmitted. Marshall mcluhan"s global village consists of the access and penetration of satellite dishes, the laying of fiber-optic cables, broadband, the internet, wireless telephony, and the deployment of mobile telephones. Itu is the primary global telecommunication agency: commonly dominated by core nations, peripheral nations now want a major voice and want their concerns on the agenda, represents the central nervous system of the global economy. The present era has come to be known as the information age . 1865: the international telegraph union, the itu"s forerunner, was formed under the. 1927: international radio telegraph conference table of radio frequency allocation was created. Frequency designation was originally conducted on a first-come first-serve basis: meaning that core nations such as north america and europe had the most frequencies.