<jats:p> In the past couple of years there have been few subjects which have generated as much literature and as little clear understanding as telecommunications. One of the biggest problems faced by scholars attempting to understand the field is the absolute magnitude of the subject. The technological developments, the applications, the issues, the problems and the potentials frustrate comprehensive description and analysis because of a scope which can, and often does, touch the very root of human communication. </jats:p>