History of disruptive technology within communications
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The late 1970s emergence of fiber optics disrupted the expected further development of Microwave radio relay, L-system, and microwave waveguide technology.
Fixed/Mobile Convergence is widely recognised as a disruptive technology in that it has the potential to change the structure of the existing mobile telecommunications industry.[1] It is conceivable that ‘traditional’ mobile network operators could even be bypassed by such technology.[2]
- 1973 - Network Voice Protocol introduced
- 1980 - Internet Protocol came into existence
- 1989 - ISDN/Integrated Services Digital Network came into existence
- 1991 - The first GSM network was launched in 1991 by Radiolinja in Finland.[3]
- 1995 - First VoIP connection
- 2001 - Vonage founded
- 2002 - Skype[4] founded
- December 2006 - Over 8 million concurrent users on Skype[5]
- 2006 - 7% of all international US voice traffic was sent through Skype[6]
