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Excerpt from Global Information Infrastructure, the Next Steps, U. S. Industry Perspectives: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session; March 14, 1995
Mr. Roth. In this committee we want a reputation for starting on time so the members know that if we have a meeting at 2 o'clock, it does not mean or So I think we will begin now.
For 30 years, we have listened to futurists, theoreticians and science fiction writers describe the new information age brought about by linking computers and communications. We have been told the coming information age would transform the world of work, would generate new industries and doom old ones and would turn our planet into a proverbial global village.
Well, that vision is no longer somewhere in the future. It is hap pening now.
At the G - 7 Conference 2 weeks ago on the Global Information Society, it was estimated that the world market for information systems and services is already more than $1 trillion a year.
As communications become computerized, we are seeing the con vergence of computers, telecommunications, broadcasting and all the supporting specialized technologies into one new mega-indus try: The Global Information Infrastructure.
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