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Seminar - An Overview of Communications Technologies

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                                ATM Technology Application Drivers

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ATM is driven by a multitude of enterprise and residential applications requiring high bandwidths.

Home and Personal Services - home entertainment, work at home, home shopping, and video on demand applications are growing. HDTV and on-line games are becoming popular and more people use the Internet for shopping.

Simplified Network Operations - Enterprises interconnecting their remote locations.

Integrated Services - Telemedicine and distant education needing high speeds and large bandwidths

Round the Clock, Global Collaboration - Multiple workgroups located in different parts of the globe collaborating on a product design.