Preface
As this book is going to press in early April 2020, the COVID-19 virus is in the early stages of spreading throughout the world. While we don’t have a crystal ball that will show us how this pandemic will change things, history teaches us that crises like these always offer an opportunity for proliferation of new communication technologies.
Over the past year, the two dozen authors whose work appears in this book have studied the history, recent developments, and current status of these individual technologies. Although they finished their work before the virus started having its severe effects, they have provided you the foundation you need to understand the changes that are underway in the communication industries, putting you in ...
