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INTRODUCTION
Communication is the brain behind
information, without communication, we would not have been talking of
information technology nor telecommunication (MBAM B.C. E..2002). However,
communication is the methods by which people share their ideas, information,
opinions and feelings. If there is no communication, information gathered by
one person cannot be transmitted or received or even stored and retrieved. Thus,
telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances
in order to communicate. This implies that information can be communicated from
one place (or person or system) to another in different modes (simplex, duplex
and network modes). Telecommunication involves the use of visual signals like beacons, smoke signals, lung-blown hours, loud
whistles etc. However, in this modern age of electricity
and electronics, telecommunication now also includes the use of electrical
devices such as telegraphs, telephones, teleprinters, radio waves, computers,
orbiting satellites and the internet.
However, this research work is limited
to the impact of telecommunication on Nigerian economy using Global system for
mobile communication (GSM) as a reference toll. A major breakthrough is the
wirless telephone system which comes in either fixed wireless lines or the GSM
(wojuade 2005). Without missing words, Communication is a major driver of the
economy. Nigeria
is not left out in the race for rapid development as the years of economic reversal
via this management have had adverse effects on its rates of growth and
development. The Nigerian telecommunication sector was grossly under- developed
before the sector was deregulated under the military regime in 1992 with the establishment
of NCC. The return of democracy in 1999 however paved the way for the
granting of GSM licenses
tothree service providers MTN, ECONET now known as “ Air tel” and Nitel
plc in 2001 w ith GLOBA COM joining in
2003
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BACKGROUND OF STUDY
The world is fast becoming a global village
and a necessary toll for this process
is communication of which telecommunication is a key player. So, the background
of study for this seminar report is to briefly introduce the the effects of
telecommunication on Nigerian economy. This report is developed to examine the
effets of GSM
a. On job employment
b. Time
management
c. Reduction in crime rate
d. General income flow and,
e. Identification of callers/Receives
position at the time of call.
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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Findings generally indicates that GSM as
a telecommunication tool has considerable effects on the rural economy
specifically on drastic reduction of crime rate. It was concluded that GSM is
an emerging communication industry in African with Nigeria rates as one of the fastest
growing market in this field of communication but with both positive
and negative effects. One of the negative effects which this report tries to
look upon is the inability of the subscribers to identify exactly the
geographic location of their callers or receivers respectively. So, there is a
need to combating such problem in Nigerian telecommunication industries.
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PURPOSE OF STUDY
The importance of this research work is to
devise a simulator (system) that will be able to display the geographical
position of either the caller or receiver on the screen of the GSM one is using.
The reason for this that, it will go a long way to increasing the subscribers
trust of using handset especially when it involves business transaction. Also,
it will drastically reduce the rate of crime in our society as kiddnappers and
fraudlers can easily be detected. This paper report is also meant to reduce
phone harassment and increase subscriber’s privacy.
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AIM/OBJECTIVES
The primary aim of this report is to provide
the GSM users with Automated Number identification
(caller ID) which will display on the screen of both caller/Receive, the
geographic location of each other. This will go a long way to achieve the
following objectives:
1. to
drastically reduce the rate of crime in the country.
2. to
giving the callers right to know whom the Nigeria and vice- versa.
3. to
increase employment opportunities in our society which in turn increases the
per-capital income?
4. to allow
subscribers manage their time and as well increase their social interaction.
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SCOPE OF THE SEMINAR
This seminar report covers the effects of telecommunication
on Nigerian economy only which in turn is limited to the use of GSM (handset)
as a telecommunication tool. The scope is limited to Automatic Number
identification (ANI) of the Nigerian telecommunication network companies (MTN,
GLOBALCOM, ZAIN ETISALAT etc). It only explains some changes and challenges
which telecommunication has brought to the economy of Nigeria which
are amougst others the following, increase in local businesses, creation of job
opportunities and as well the rate crime increment in Nigeria.
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