COMS 623: TELECOMMUNICATIONS

A survey of the historical development of telecommunications technology especially as relates to communication convergence. Implications of National and international policies on its modes and applications regarding and for example, frequency allocation and distribution are examined. Media convergence now requires that students of communication be acquainted with the role of telecommunication in mass media activity. The course introduces students to the basis of telecommunication including analogue and digital technology. Telephone applications to the media are examined against other transmission systems such as the satellite, the networked newsroom and cabling (by copper wire and fibre optics). International telecommunication policy ITU different modes – policies and application.