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Question
How is information technology connected with globalisation? Explain.
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Solution
Rapid improvement in technology has been one major factor that has stimulated the globalisation process.
- This has made much faster delivery of goods across long distances possible at lower costs.
- Even more remarkable have been the developments in information and communication technology.
- Technology in the areas of telecommunications, computers, Internet has been changing rapidly.
- Telecommunication facilities (telegraph, telephone including mobile phones, fax) are used to contact one another around the world, to access information instantly, and to communicate from remote areas.
- This has been facilitated by satellite communication devices.
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