| As I am involved in the telecommunication industry for | | | | becomes the source of economic power and wealth. |
| almost for 2 decades I have been observing how | | | | If we consider that the Internet is undoubtedly the |
| UAE in particular & the world as a whole is | | | | bearing network of the new economy, it is observed |
| witnessing a revolution in communication: we are | | | | that a large digital divide may be deepened. The |
| moving from industrial society to post-industrial society. | | | | percentage of internet goers here are between 70% |
| This latter takes today the shape of a society of | | | | to 85% of the total population. The internet |
| information, of the immaterial and of knowledge. | | | | café' is booming as general population started |
| Everyday we have the opportunity to observe this | | | | to understand the use of internet, dsl, B1(business one) |
| fact. With the growth of infrastructures during the 80's | | | | and its benefits. The ongoing revolution is much more |
| & 90' and recent development in construction | | | | rapid than the industrial revolution and the mature |
| boom and with skyrocketing oil price the inflow of cash | | | | process towards the new society will take only a few |
| flow into the economy this new society is sharply | | | | generations. |
| characterized by developing fundamental scientific and | | | | Since January 1998, telecommunication markets of |
| technical features on the one hand and by its | | | | most countries of the European Union are completely |
| institutional evolution on the other. The most significant | | | | open to competitiveness. In Asia and Latin America, |
| technical aspect in this trend towards this new society | | | | the end of monopolies is scheduled between 2000 and |
| is convergence. The ongoing digital revolution which | | | | 2002. Such radical changes in the sector of |
| consists in changing a message of any kind of | | | | telecommunications have favored the emergence of |
| multimedia and 3 G global mobiles (GSM) into a digital | | | | new players in this field and increased their number. To |
| signal. Communication is then endowed with one | | | | give an example, there exist presently more than 450 |
| universal language. | | | | GSM providers around the world. |
| This society is announcing the era of knowledge which | | | | |