Presentation to a Workshop on '21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers' held at the Sri Lanka Press Institute, Colombo, to mark World Press Freedom Day 2011.
7. Global invention, local arrival… ITN, April 1979 USA, 1929 Terrestrial TV broadcasting SLBC's City FM Nov 1989 USA, 1937 FM Radio broadcasting Colombo Radio Dec 1925 Netherlands, 1919 USA & UK, 1922 AM Radio broadcasting Oriental Telephone Co. 1881 The Telephone Co, UK 1879 Fixed telephone services Colombo Journal 1832 Early 17th cent France, Netherlands Newspapers printed with movable type Ceylon/Sri Lanka’s commercial adoption Mass/ commercial start in the world Mass media type or communications technology
8. Dialog Telekom 2006 NTT DoCoMo, Japan, Oct 2001 3G mobile telephony Sri Lanka Telecom ADSL, 2002 Cable modem service by Rogers Comm., Canada, 1996 Broadband Internet connectivity (higher speeds, always-on) Lanka Internet Services, 1995 Late 1980s WWW 1990 Commercial Internet/web connectivity (dial-up) LEARN, 1990 MAILBOX, MIT, 1965 ARPANET, 1973 Email only Internet (academics only) Celltel, 1989 NET, Japan, 1979 Mobile telephone services (commercial) SL adoption Mass/ commercial start in the world Mass media type or communications technology
34. Survival Tips for Information Society #1 “ WikiLeaks Cablegate is only the latest reminder that we are living in a world where few, if any, secrets can be guarded… … Whether we like it or not, welcome to the Global Glass House!” - My ‘Open Letter to Sir Arthur Clarke’, 16 Dec 2010 http://tiny.cc/GGHouse Accept the new transparent world!
35. Survival Tips for Information Society #1 Get used to a WikiLeakable World!