MOVEMENT OF INFORMATION

THE MOVEMENT OF INFORMATION FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER OCCURS BY TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS, THE INTERNET, TELEPHONE, FAX AND OTHER MEANS.

One field that is familiar to most is the area of mobile phones, and it provides an excellent example of GLOBALIZATION. The telecommunications industry has historically been heavily regulated by governments include market entry and access to networks. The ability to use your mobile phone as you travel from one country to another depends upon the willingness of each government to subscribe to the same broadcasting standard. Yet in the 1980's even as business was becoming increasingly international , the communications industry focused on exclusively local selular solutions, none of which was remotely compatible with any of the others.

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IN 1982, THE GROUP SPECIALE MOBILE (GSM) WAS ESTABLISHED. GSM IS A TRANSEUROPEAN MOBILE PHONE NETWORK THAT INCLUDES 500 OPERATORS IN 207 COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES(US.

GSM HAS MORE THAN 998 MILLION CUSTOMERS AROUND THE WORLD.BESIDES, THERE ARE SOME 130 KEY MANUFACTURES AND SUPPLIERS TO THE GSM INDUSTRY.TODAY, YOUR MOBILE PHONE USING GSM TECHNOLOGY, SWITCHES AUTOMATICALLY TO A LOCAL CARRIER AS YOU TRAVEL FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER.