Teleconferencing : Singapore a global village?

• Main Authors: Chan, Bee Poh, Lim, Huey Chin, Low, Agnes Ching Ching
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/58578
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Teleconferencing has become a hot topic among the newspapers, journals and media lately in Singapore As can be seen from the report in the Straits Times on May 16, 1994, (as found in the appendix I) more companies are expressing interest in t2leconferencing, a relr:tively new development in communication. Since then, there have been other articles on the possible uses of teleconferencing in, Singapore such as the courtrooms and homes What is teleconferencing exactly0 How does it affect us as users in the business world and at home? What are some of the factors to consider before implementation? In this report, we will try to address these questions in the Singapore context. At present, although there is a significant amount of interest shown in teleconferencing due to successful marketing by the telecommunications industry, companies are still apprehensive of venturing into such a new innovation. In fact, there are many grey areas unresolved in the subject of teleconferencing that we have not attempted to cover. Instead we concentrate mainly on the human aspects of teleconferencing that companies in Singapore are concerned with currently Teleconferencing is one of the great developments in technology and this may well lead us into a future world of networking via telephone, television and computer. Teleconferencing has come about because of the need to communicate promptly. We have the power to make teleconferencing a way of living