Telecommunications: Expanding the Telephone Network | p. 1 |
A Little Light, A Bright Promise: Fiber Optics | p. 3 |
Teleconferencing: A Rapidly Growing Innovation | p. 19 |
A 150 Year-old Technology Is Changing Communications Today | p. 27 |
Cellular Phones: The Way We Communicate Today | p. 39 |
Cellular Phones: Technology | p. 47 |
Cellular Phones' Rising Popularity | p. 57 |
GTE in Cerritos | p. 65 |
Another Network | p. 77 |
Cable Television Regulation and Competition | p. 79 |
Cable Television: Application and Technology | p. 91 |
Transmission and Display Equipment | p. 101 |
Communication Satellites | p. 103 |
High Definition Television: The Next Generation | p. 111 |
Applying the Technologies | p. 123 |
Interactive Video Graphics | p. 125 |
Interactive Video: A Learning Tool | p. 137 |
Social Effects of Interactive Video | p. 145 |
Desktop: What's in Store for Publishing | p. 153 |
Desktop History | p. 156 |
Storage and Retrieval Equipment | p. 159 |
Videocassette Recorders | p. 161 |
Videodisc: The VCR of the 90s? | p. 167 |
Compact Discs | p. 175 |
CD-ROM: Past and Present on Disc | p. 185 |
Preservation on CD | p. 186 |
About the Contributors | p. 197 |
Index | p. 199 |
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