. What is communication technology? The global scenario is passing through a communication revolution and communication technologies are changing very fast. What is new today may be obsolete tomorrow.
People want to know everything in a very short span of time. There is information overflow and it is easily available and accessible to all through a wide variety of traditional and modern mediums. It is here that communication technology is playing a key role. We have been using different mediums and communication technologies for communicating in different times (in the past and at present), in different settings, for example rural/urban/tribal.
“We all know that distance is dead. What used to be far is near, what is local is global” – Sam Pitroda Chairman of World Tel Let us have a look around us. You may have observed that many new technologies related to electronic media have revolutionised communication media? Do you know that Pij village in Gujarat acquired the first TV transmitter in India, which provided programmes in local language along with common programmes from Delhi via satellite.
Communication technology refers to various technologies developed and used to handle information and aid communication . This includes modern technologies that are used to transmit data, which could either be analogue (electronic signals) or digital. There are hardware, organisational structures, as well as social values which individuals access to collect, process, and exchange information.