The
term "business" has at least three
usages, depending on the scope - the
singular usage (above) to mean a
particular company or corporation, the
generalized usage to refer to a
particular market sector, such as "the
music business" and compound forms such
as agribusiness, or the broadest
meaning to include all activity by the
community of suppliers of goods and
services.
Business Directory: Telecommunications (169)
Telecommunication is the assisted transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. In earlier times, this may have involved the use of smoke signals, drums, semaphore, flags, or heliograph. In modern times, telecommunication typically involves the use of electronic transmitters such as the telephone, television, radio or computer. Early inventors in the field of telecommunication include Antonio Meucci, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi and John Logie Baird. Telecommunication is an important part of the world economy and the telecommunication industry's revenue has been placed at just under 3 percent of the gross world product.
