Telecom and Internet Interesting facts

Interesting facts of Telecom and Internet

The Technology of the past was the warn-up act, we are now entering an era when technology  will completely transform every aspect of our lives.

• The first coast-to-coast telephone line was established in 1915

• The first Consumer cell phone came in 1982.

• The first commercial cell phone(1983) weighed 2 Lbs, cost  $4,000 and was the size of a brick.

• The first Text message was sent in 1992:

• Years it took to reach a market audience of 50 million  

• Radio 38years
• Television 13years
• Internet 4years
• IPod 3years
• Facebook 2 years

• No of Internet devices in 1984 is 1000, and in 1992 it reached to 1 Million.

• In 2008 no of Internet devices increased to 1 Billion. By 2012 it reached to 17 billion.

• NTT Japan has successfully tested a fiber optic cable. That pushes 14 billion  bites per second down a single strand of fiber. That is 2600 cds or 210 million phone calls every second, it is currently tripling every 6 months and  is expected  to do so for the next 20 years.

• Knowledge is growing so fast that 90% of what we will know in 50 years time..

• The Amount of new Technical information doubles every 2years.  The student starting a 4 years technical degree, this means that half of what they learn in their first year study will be outdated by their third year of study.

• Among College students 99.7% have a mobile phone, most prefer texting to calls or emails. Of those college students 59% text messages to keep in touch. 17% fashioned in old way that is calling to keep in touch. 9% Instant messages and 7% email.   

• Today, the average 21 years old has spent 5,000 hours playing video games. Spent 10,000 hours on a cell phone, 250,000 hours electronic messages.