JOHN OHNIT V.

MARTINEZ BSIT 3S-G2

Communication is a process by which information is exchanged between individuals

through a common system of symbols, signs, or behaviour. It is simply the act of transferring
information from one place, person or group to another. Technology on the other hand is the
application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life or, as it is sometimes
phrased, to the change and manipulation of the human environment.

Communications technology, also known as information technology, refers to all

equipment and programs that are used to process and communicate information. Professionals in
the communication technology field specialize in the development, installation, and service of
these hardware and software systems. Individuals who enter this field develop an understanding
in the conceptions, production, evaluation, and distribution of communication technology
devices. Communication technology is another important part of IT infrastructure. The
significant aspects that comprise this technology include networking, internet access, and
website development. One can easily exchange, transfer, and provide information through a
network. Communication technologies include the Internet, multimedia, e-mail, telephone and
other sound-based and video-based communication means. Communication technology
specialists design and maintain technical systems of communication, according to the needs of a
specific business, industry or market. 

Communication technology helps us in our daily lives. People nowadays depends most of
their needs in communication technology it becomes the medium of communication across the
world. According to Statista, the current number of smartphone users in the world today is 3.5
billion, and this means 44.81% of the world’s population owns a smartphone. This figure is up
considerably from 2016 when there were only 2.5 billion users, 33.58% of that year’s global
population.

HISTORY OF COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

SMOKE SIGNALS (1800 B.C.)

Smoke Signals were used by many cultures including

the Native American Indians as a means to quickly
communicate visual messages over long distances. The simple
messages sent via these signals were conveyed by means of
columns or intermittent puffs or clouds of smoke. In a matter
of hours Chinese soldiers, stationed on the great wall, could warn their comrades 500 miles away
of an impending enemy attack via tower to tower smoke signals.

Native American Indian tribes had their own systems of Making Fire. Once a fire had
been made smoke could be produced the fire gave off smoke consisting of visible gases and fine
particles given off by burning material. A wet blanket was used to cover the fire and when
released produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles.

THE GREEK WAY (150 B.C.)

Polybius, a great historian, invented a

system of converting Greek alphabetic characters.
This enables messages to be easily sent by coded
torch smoke signals. The method consists in
encoding letters of the alphabet with numerical
coordinates of a grid. Each letter is therefore
represented by two digits according to its position
on the vertical and horizontal axes, something really
simple that anyone who has played Battleship will
be familiar with. But at that time it was something
new and possibly revolutionary.

PRINTING PRESS

Printing press is a machine by which text and images

are transferred to paper or other media by means of ink.
Although movable type, as well as paper, first appeared in
China, it was in Europe that printing first became
mechanized. The earliest mention of a printing press is in a
lawsuit in Strasbourg in 1439 revealing construction of a
press for Johannes Gutenberg and his associates. The
invention of the printing press itself obviously owed much to
the medieval paper press, in turn modelled after the ancient
wine-and-olive press of the Mediterranean area. A long
handle was used to turn a heavy wooden screw, exerting downward pressure against the paper,
which was laid over the type mounted on a wooden platen. In its essentials, the wooden press
reigned supreme for more than 300 years, with a hardly varying rate of 250 sheets per hour
printed on one side.
TELEGRAM (1844)

The word 'telegram' may conjure up

the image of a frayed yellowing document,
containing a message about a now distant
historical event, something with little
connection to today's world. In order to trace
this lineage and see where the telegram sits in
the evolution of human communications, it is
useful to start with the apparatus by which
telegrams are sent - the telegraph. Its name
comes from the Greek and can be broken
down into 'tele', meaning 'at a distance' and 'graphein' - 'to write’. The first telegram message
travelled 40 miles and read “What Hath God Wrought?”

TELEPHONE (1876)

A telephone is an electronic device that you use for

conversations over great distances. Telephones used to be fixed to
walls and connected by cables, but now most people have cellular
telephones, known as cell phones or mobiles. Alexander Graham
Bell, (born March 3, 1847, Edinburgh, Scotland died August 2,
1922, Beinn Bhreagh, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada),
Scottish-born American inventor, scientist, and teacher of the deaf
whose foremost accomplishments were the invention of the
telephone and the refinement of the phonograph .

CRYSTAL RADIO (1920)

There was an enormous variety of crystals sets or cat's

whisker radios that were manufactured for the domestic
market in the 1920s once radio broadcasting had become
established.many of these crystal sets were sold as complete
radios, but there was also a booming market in kits and the
components. Many people made their own radios at home.
CELLPHONE (1973)

The first cell phone was invented in

1973 by Motorola. On April 3, 1973, Motorola
engineer Martin Cooper made the first-ever cell
phone call on the DynaTAC 8000X. The
prototype he used weighed 2.4 lb (1.1 kg) and
measured 9.1 x 5.1 x 1.8 in (23 x 13 x 4.5 cm).
This clunky device offered a talk time of just 30
minutes and required 10 hours to recharge. 

INTERNET (1983)

The Internet is a global wide area

network that connects computer systems
across the world. It includes several high-
bandwidth data lines that comprise the
Internet "backbone." These lines are
connected to major Internet hubs that
distribute data to other locations, such as
web servers and ISPs. January 1, 1983 is
considered the official birthday of the
Internet. Prior to this, the various
computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other. A new
communications protocol was established called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol
(TCP/IP). This allowed different kinds of computers on different networks to "talk" to each
other. ARPANET and the Defense Data Network officially changed to the TCP/IP standard on
January 1, 1983, hence the birth of the Internet. All networks could now be connected by a
universal language.

SMARTPHONE (1922)

A smartphone is a mobile phone that includes

advanced functionality beyond making phone calls and
sending text messages. Most smartphones have the
capability to display photos, play videos, check and send
e-mail, and surf the Web. Modern smartphones, such as
the iPhone and Android based phones can run third-party applications, which provides limitless
functionality.

5G CONNECTIONS (2015)

Verizon led the way in developing

and deploying 5G and accelerating 5G
innovation. In 2015, we created the 5G
Technology Forum (5GTF) bringing
together key partners like Ericsson,
Qualcomm, Intel and Samsung to move the
entire 5G ecosystem forward. We used this
5G TF standard to launch our 5G Home
service in the US in LA, Sacramento,
Houston and Indianapolis last year. This
standard set the foundation for the global
standard. The 5GTF work helped accelerate the release of the 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR)
standard in December of 2017. On April 3, 2019, of we introduced 5G mobile service in parts of
Chicago and Minneapolis. Customers in those cities were the first in the world to have a 5G-
enabled smartphone connected to a 5G network.

Insights

Today communication technology is still evolving and extending. We can now

communicate around the world with a simple click. Especially right now in the pandemic, we
need these Communication technologies to help us share information with other people without
leaving our houses. Truly communication technologies evolve from time to time, and people can
easily adapt with this technologies. The question is what else technology we can have in the
future?
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