By metonymy, also called telecommunications (or telecom interchangeably) note 1 to the discipline which studies, designs, develops and operates systems which allow such communications; similarly, telecommunications engineering resolves technical problems associated with this discipline.
Telecommunications is a basic infrastructure of the current context. The ability to communicate any military or political order almost instantly was radical in many historical events of the modern age-the first modern telecommunications system appears during the French Revolution. In addition, telecommunications today is a social and economic factor of great importance. Thus, these technologies gain importance if we value their own utility in concepts such as globalization and the information society and knowledge; complemented by the importance of them in any commercial, financial, securities or business. The mass media also make use of telecommunications to share content to the public, of great importance in understanding the concept of mass society.
Includes many telecommunication technologies such as radio, television, telephone and mobile telephony, data communications, computer networks or the Internet. Many of these technologies, which were born to meet military or scientific purposes, converged in other non-specialist focused on consumer calls information technology and communication, of great importance in the daily lives of individuals, companies or institutions and state policies.
