Information Society and the Efforts for an ICT Strategy

Ermelinda Kordha Tolica, Kozeta Sevrani and Klodiana Gorica
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Ermelinda Kordha Tolica: University of Vlora “Ismail Qemali”
Klodiana Gorica: University of Tirana

Chapter Chapter 1 in Information Society Development through ICT Market Strategies, 2015, pp 1-22 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Information and communications technology or information and communication technology, usually abbreviated as ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology (IT), but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers, middleware as well as necessary software, storage, and audio–visual systems, which enable users to create, access, store, transmit, and manipulate information. In other words, ICT consists of IT as well as telecommunication, broadcast media, all types of audio and video processing, and transmission and network-based control and monitoring functions. The expression was first used in 1997 in a report by Dennis Stevenson to the UK government and promoted by the new National Curriculum documents for the UK in 2000.

Keywords: Information Society; International Telecommunication Union; Digital Economy; Information Society Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17196-8_1

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