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Global Trends
The development and state of ICT are in the context of several interrelated forces that shape and continually redefine market structures. The following are global trends that define ICT according to the Commission on Information & Communications Technology (2006):

Technological developments such as the emergence of digital packet switched network architecture and the IP Protocol. The digital packet switched network has adequately succeeded the circuit switch network. Through this replacement, it has reduced costs also improving the quality and enables the development of a broader range of innovative applications. Whereas the IP Protocol has become the global open network service standard that has permitted the mixture of various services (telephony, data, interactive video) within one infrastructure. The newer and recent participants of the ICT sector are now exclusively built on these IP networks.

The convergence of telecommunications, broadcasting, and multimedia is made possible by the deployment of digital packet switched technology. The digital platform has become an omnipresent and limitless platform wherein it begins to recognize digital data solely without distinction between voice, computer data, video or transactional data. Convergence of these is also observable and present on the internet as all forms of existing media and content are now transferrable among a diversity of users.

Globalization and internalization of markets perceive the world as one market without regard to national boundaries. The rapid spread of ICT is both an outcome and a determinant of globalization wherein ICT functions as a significant enabler of globalization while globalization also increases the demand for ICT. With the systematic rationalization of procedures and documentation, this allows the easier dissemination of market information which makes markets distinct.

The emergence of broadband services, of new and high bandwidth networks with new network paradigms, is in the result of the evolution of the internet. The growth of high-speed broadband infrastructure and the global proliferation of small mobile devices with other intelligent terminals eases communication and gathering of converged data, voice and video information and services anywhere and anytime. In which this contributes to how systems become convenient for people.

The forces have aided ICT and other developments in nearly all fields of human endeavor. It has created opportunities for countries and corporations. It has driven creativity and the productivity of people to have more meaningful lives.