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Thomas L. McPhail,David Clarence Coll,University of Calgary. Graduate Programme in Communication Studies
Author : Thomas L. McPhail,David Clarence Coll,University of Calgary. Graduate Programme in Communication Studies Publisher : Calgary : University of Calgary, Graduate Programme in Communication[s] Studies Page : 260 pages File Size : 46,6 Mb Release : 1986 Category : Telecommunication ISBN : IND:39000009144275
Canadian Contributions to Telecommunications by Thomas L. McPhail,David Clarence Coll,University of Calgary. Graduate Programme in Communication Studies Pdf
It is impossible to understand Canada without looking at the history and development of its telecommunications industry. In the nineteenth century Canada was the only country in the world constructed on the basis of technology - first the railway and, in its shadow, telegraphy. In the 1930s this technological nationalism came of age and telecommunications became Canada's "national" technology. The Invisible Empire provides the first overview of Canadian telecommunications, from the laying of the first telegraph line between Toronto and Hamilton in 1846 to the separation between Nortel - then known as Northern Electric - and the American Bell System in 1956. Rens shows us that Louis Riel was beaten as much by telegraphy as by the Canadian army, and how Bell Canada - then known as Bell Telephone - escaped nationalization by Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government. He follows the construction of the first trans-Canadian telephone line in the midst of the Great Depression of the 1930s and explains why, in the context of the Cold War, Canada built an electronic Great Wall of China in the far North. Rens examines the context that allowed the telecommunications industry to take hold so successfully in Canada and explores how the industry grew so quickly and managed to escape American domination. He situates Canadian accomplishments in telecommunications by comparing them with those of other countries.
Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications by Vanda Rideout Pdf
Rideout focuses on the protection of the public interest, a crucial element neglected by most recent studies, and shows that although alliances have been formed between labour, consumers, and public interest activists, significant disagreements over issues such as free trade, long distance and local competition, and a targeted subsidy program for very low-income Canadians have meant that this united front has not been able to counter the forces of the new neo-liberal telecommunication policy regime. Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications details the complex relationships between the various corporate and government interests, shows how the changes they brought about have locked Canada's telecommunications system into the orbit of the US system, and discusses the implications this has for Canadians.
This text challenges recent thoughts about digitalization, media convergence and information highways. It shows that telecommunications networks have always served as platforms for a broad array of content.
Mussio is a communications consultant who traces how Canada handled expansion in telecommunications and the arrival of the computer in the three critical decades following World War II. Like technological transformations in transportation and utilities, the spread of new communications systems forced governments to respond; in continental Europe and the UK, they asserted control and ownership of national telecommunication networks. In the US, private companies were permitted to manage systems and provide services. In Canada both models were adopted, and domestic hybrids combining both also flourished.Distributed in the US by Cornell University Services. c. Book News Inc.
Telecommunications in Canada by Canada. Communications Canada Pdf
This publication is a general, non-technical, survey of the Canadian telecommunications carriage industry. Beginning with a short history, it describes the structure of the industry, the services offered, how and why the industry is regulated, and concludes with a summary of new initiatives in telecommunications policy.
Author : Harry Edward English Publisher : Taylor & Francis Page : 428 pages File Size : 46,5 Mb Release : 1973 Category : Telecommunication ISBN : 0458909106
