Table of Contents

1 Global strategies.- 2 The American scene.- 3 Future technological developments and their impact.- 4 The Japanese scene.- 5 From telephony to information networking — renovating the telecommunications infrastructure.- 6 Social implications.- 7 The impact of networks on financial services: the reality of electronic banking.- 8 Impact of regulations on communications.- 9 Communications strategy — the impact of market forces, regulation and technology.- 10 Architecture, technology and applications.- 11 Mobile communications in the 21st century.- 12 Broadcasting after ad2000.- 13 Optical switching.- 14 Broadband fibre.- 15 Why software engineering at a communications meeting?.- 16 Improving communications at the desktop.

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