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HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY

As society, both domestic and international, becomes more complex, communication assumes an increasingly significant role. Historically, both procedural improvement and technological innovation have beem employed to enhance communication efficiency and effectiveness.

Advances in electronic transmission technology have revolutionized most communications requirements. Document transmission, however, has tended to lag behind. To be sure, modem transmission via computer permitted the efficient transmission of documents created in a digitalelectronic format. The transmission of existing documents, those not electronically created, and those with complex stylistic characteristics, however, required physical transmission.

Improvements in the physical transmission of documents were initiated, when private sector firms began offering overnight delivery services, as alternatives to postal delivery. The growth in the use of microcomputers led to the development of information networks, which, among other services, offered document transmission in the form of electronic mail. Later, improv

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ransmission has assumed an increasingly impor tant role for many business, professional, governmental, and military organizations over the past decade. As the necessity for rapid and accurate document transmission has become more crucial, new transmission methods have been either developed or adapted from existing means. Accuracy, timeliness, and cost are critical factors associated with the transmission of documents by business, professional, governmental, and military organizations. Facsimilie transmission can perform well with respect to each of these factors. __________ 4Friedman, 47. 5G. Muller, "Micros Make FAX Better," Computer Decisions,April 1988, 21. 6Ibid. 4 Facsimilie technology creates opportunities for major business, professional, governmental, and military organizations to improve both the effectiveness and the efficiency of their communications. Some technological innovations, such as fiber optics transmission, simply translate into improved quality and speed characteristics for existing telecommunications mediatelephone services, as an example. Other innovations, however, lead to the development of new telecommunications media. Satellite communications technology, for exa
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