Transcript Global 2 Improvements in Communication

Improvements in
Communication have
increased Globalisation
•Transport
•ICT
Transport
• Improvements-more airports, high speed
trains, larger ships-easier and quicker for
people to communicate and to move
supplies and products. Companies don’t
need to be located near suppliers or
product markets.
• Transport costs are falling
ICT
• E-mail, internet, mobiles-faster & easier to
communicate
• Satellites-built for specific purposeTIROS/COSMOS=weather
• Communication satellites-telephone and
data
• Cable TV
Submarine cables
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1980s-SE-ME-WE
39,000km
SE Asia, Middle East, WesternEurope
SE-ME-WE-4
Extent to Far East and Australia
16 telecommunication companies
18,800 km
High speed transmission for countries with
growing economies
Reactions to the Sea-Com Cable
• ‘Hopefully this means that the new website I
want to create for my business can now happen.
Before this customers would give up halfway
through the order as the web pages were
loading so slowly’
• ‘Upgrading to fast broadband will help on line
communication with the rest of the world’
• How will the cable help people in rural areas
with no electricity?’
To Do
• Briefly explain why submarine cables are
important to globalisation
What are the Impacts of
globalisation?
• On people
• On Finance
• On Culture
• On Politics
What are the Impacts of
globalisation?
• On people
• Skilled people move
round world
• Migrants move to have
better standard of living
• On Finance
• Trillions $ exchanged
electronically
• Some TNCs make more
money than poor country
• On Culture
• Share common interests
in sport, music, films
• Cheaper telephone and
internet connections
• Global media BBC3
• On Politics
• EU expanded so less
cultural identity
• Global companies can
influence how think and
vote eg News
Corporation