The Connected Municipality: Telecom Infrastructure for Economic Development

Authors

  • Lis Angus

Keywords:

Telecommunications, Municipal Bandwidth, Technology Infrastructure

Abstract

This article presents the argument for Telecommunication as a major facilitator of economic growth. Businesses in all sectors and of all sizes rely on telecommunication. Even the local government sector can also rely on telecommunication for effective operations. The telecommunication industry also creates employment and revenue in the economy. Moreover, the article discusses the components of the telecommunication infrastructure and the role that municipalities can play to either act a roadblock or a facilitator of telecommunication development. The article argues that since telecommunication plays a vital role in the productivity and effectiveness of economic activities as well as creates employment, municipalities can promote the telecom infrastructure development which can lead to further economic development.  

Author Biography

Lis Angus

Lis Angus is Executive Vice-President of Angus TeleManagement Group, based in Ajax, Ontario. She is co-edit or of the monthly magazine TELEMANAGEMENT. In 1992, she was a major contributor to the strategy report "Telecommunications: Enabling Ontario's Future. " The research on which much of this article is based was funded by the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto, and was presented in preliminary form at a 1993 conference in Toronto on "The Telecommunications Revolution and Local Government."

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Published

2021-01-25

How to Cite

Angus, L. (2021). The Connected Municipality: Telecom Infrastructure for Economic Development. Economic Development Journal of Canada, 71–74. Retrieved from https://ecdev.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/view/180

Issue

Economic Development Journal of Canada, 1994

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Articles

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