The Role of Technology in The
Evolution of Communication

The biggest developments in communication

in 1831

The electric telegraph was invented

Century 19

had a revolutionary impact

The telephone

In 1849

The telephone was invented and within 50 years it was an
essential item for homes and offices

In 1973

otorola created a mobile phone which kick-started a chain of
developments that transformed communication forever

Aimed towards the enterprise market, bridging the gap between telephones
and personal digital assistants (PDAs)

In 1996

Nokia was releasing phones with QWERTY keyboards

The Internet

The rise of near-instant communication

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Instant messaging

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone calls

Two-way interactive
video calls

Discussion forums

Blogs

Social networking

It’s allowed us to stay in contact with people regardless of time and location

The internet has connected and divided us like nothing before

5G

The 5th generation of mobile network

promises much faster data download and upload speeds, wider coverage, and more stable connections

La Consumer Technology Association señala que a esta velocidad, podría descargar una película de dos horas en solo 3,6 segundos, frente a 6 minutos en 4G o 26 horas en 3G

Virtual Reality (VR)

2016

The generation of VR

You can connect to someone in the same space at the same time, without the time sink and cost of travel

In a typical discussion, a lot of information is non-verbal communication which can be
transcribed in VR

All distractions are removed and people can be fully focused on what is happening around them

MeetinVR claims that there is a 25% increase in attention span when
meeting in virtual reality compared to video conferencing

Wearable Technology

In 1999

The first technology was a handsfree mobile

It gave businesspeople the ability to answer calls on the go,
most importantly, while driving

These capabilities are a part of our daily lives

Email

In 1991

Was introduced to the world

The first users of the messaging platform y who used email to
exchange information