Global Information Society- Moving Towards an Inclusive Society

Abstract-As the digital revolution has now truly arrived in Asia particularly in our country in a big way and cable, satellite & terrestrial operators are making the fast moves from analogue to digital, we can see its benefits all around. Being basically a mass communication professional, I shall first introduce you to the background of how convergence is at the roots of emergence of digital technology. Convergence of computers, telecommunication and Broadcasting. Communication in all its form was transmitted through the means of continuous electromagnetic waves along with particular kind of media. For instance, voice for the purpose of telephony was carried over cooper cables as mild electric current while pictures and sound for television broadcasting was carried over as electromagnetic waves. Thus one line of copper wire could carry only one stream of conversation at a point of time