Fjodor Ruzic
Countries worldwide have many new options for using telecommunications networks
to reach host and remote information resources, that is, teleports. Telecommunications
infrastructures are integral to the higher level communications services of
Inter-Information Subjects Networks and National Information Systems, which
are the highways to the teleports. Telecommunications development will allow
citizens to improve their information-based productivity in industry, commerce,
and social and cultural affairs. The role of the teleports will be as nexuses
of concentrated information resources, place where value-added information can
be easily reached. With a communications device and an integrated system, an
individual in the 21st century can become the center of a vast information universe.
The 2 basic trends in the information-based society of the future are: 1. Information
systems are becoming more interactive and decentralized. 2. Information and
telecommunications systems are increasingly part of an integrated infrastructure.