What is the Telecommunications sector?
In the modern sense of the word, the telecommunication industry encompasses all telephone operators – mobile and landline (yes, some people still use landline) – as well as internet service providers. This means a mix of voice calls, but also increasingly text and images. Most of the services we use every day, including our mobile phones, laptops and connected devices, fall under the Telecommunications industry umbrella.
Now this is a biiiiig sector, with many sub-sectors within it. It is at the heart of many other industries too, enabling growth, innovation, the sharing of data and worldwide connectivity between people. The Telecommunications industry has been described as the world’s biggest machine, connecting everyone and everything. So it’s pretty all encompassing.
It has evolved dramatically in the last century – from sending telegrams, we have now developed near-instantaneous methods of communication, something many businesses and individuals would find hard to cope without. Because of this, getting involved in the Telecommunications industry places you at the beating heart of modern life.