Author: National Research Council of Canada
Publisher: Regional Innovation Office (National Capital Region), National Research Council of Canada
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Summarizes presentations made at a round table focusing on the information and telecommunications industry in the Ottawa region. Topics include: initiatives to identify and remove barriers to growth of the region as a high technology centre; customers in the 21st century; telecommunications infrastructure; challenges for the high technology sector; software for 21st century demands; alternative telecommunications technologies; microchip and semiconductor fabrication and design; the Internet; changes in global telecommunications; research directions for the telecommunications industry; the role of fibre optics in 21st century telecommunications systems; regulatory issues and barriers to innovation; and human resource issues for the telecommunications and computing industry.