There are as many views of what the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) might be as there are segments of the information and communication industry … A high-performance computer network which will facilitate high-speed data access and retrieval … a multimedia network for which the primary use will be conveying video datastreams in conjunction with data, text and voice … a medium for interactive television, in which it is the intelligent television set rather than the home computer or the videophone which is the main communication channel.
Predictor: Jipguep, Jean
Prediction, in context:Jean Jipguep, chairman of the International Telecommunication Union Board, delivered the keynote address at the Internet Society’s 1995 International Networking Conference June 27-30. Jipguep says: ”The theme of INET ’95, ‘The Internet: Towards a Global Information Infrastructure’ might suggest the view that the GII will be an extrapolation of the Internet. Many of you in this room may make the assumption that the Internet is the prototype of the Global Information Infrastructure. However, there are as many views of what the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) might be as there are segments of the information and communication industry. These views will include: – A high-performance computer network which will facilitate high-speed data access and retrieval. In this model, the Internet is sometimes seen as the precursor for the Global Information Infrastructure. – An alternative definition is a multimedia network for which the primary use will be conveying video datastreams in conjunction with data, text and voice. According to this vision, many of the potential applications will be in entertainment, education and health care as well as the business market. – A third definition is as a medium for interactive television, in which it is the intelligent television set rather than the home computer or the videophone which is the main communication channel.”
Date of prediction: June 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: ISOC INET '95 (conference)
Title, headline, chapter name: The Global Telecommunication Infrastructure and the Information Society
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.isoc.org/HMP/PLENARY/L1-6/html/paper.html
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