8 Complete the sentences with the words In brackets» making any changes that are necessary,

1. Digital radio sets _ ^4rg becoming (become) less and less popular.

2. More and mure people (listen) to radio over (he internet.

3. Laptops are getting (cheap),

4. Handheld devices are becoming (sophisticated).

5. Battery life (get) (long)

6. In some areas, VoIP (takeover) from PSTN.

7. Mobile broad band speeds (increase) dramatically.

CONVERGENCE IN BUSINESS

9 Hew words are continually being created in Telecoms and it Often these words are made up of two parts. Match the openings in Column a with thecorrect endings in Column b.

See the example.

A 8 New words

UP —^ -space,-crime

DOWN- ' —-load, -grade, -date upload,upgrade, update

Ё- -time,-load

TELE- -book, -mail, -commerce

CYBER- -working, conferencing,-corns

How match the openings in Column A with the endings in Column В

А В New words

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kilo-, mega-, giga- -PllONE

Can you think of any other words with these openings and endings?

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10 Complete the sentences using a suitable word from exercise 9,

1 is increasing, so more and more people have a n office at home and aren't

commuting to an office.

English for 1

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AUO'.II

© 11 Five people are talking about their work. Listen to the extracts. Write down any of the new words

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from exercise 9 that include the word's in capitals. See the example.

Speaker 1 (-PHONE) teliphoM (up.)

Speaker 2 (-CAST) (DOWN-)

Speaker 3 (-WARE) (TELE-)

Speaker 4 (UP-) (-BYTE)

Speaker 5 (TELE-) (-BAND)

12 Listen again. Tick (1/) the boxes to show what each speaker manufactures or provides. Yoo may tick more than one box for each speaker.

Which speaker:	1	2	3	4	5
manufactures hardware?	□	□	П	f -1 i j	□
manufactures traditional software?	□	□	1 |	□	i_i
provides a search engine?	□	□	□	П	! 1 i ..!
provides SaaS (software as a service)?	□	□	Г1	□	□
enables voice telephony?	Г "J	□	□	□	□
provides TV?	Z!	□	□	IJ	□

13 Discuss these questions with a partner.

1. Where do you think there is the most competition between the speakers?

2. Where do you think there is Ibo least competition?

3. In your line of business, what are your biggesl opportunities?

4. In your line of business, what arc the biggest threats to your company?

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Match a word from column A with a word from column В to make pairs that were used in the listening. Listen again if necessary,

Л В

broadband	technology
data	provider
digital	calls
disruptive	pipe
internet	engine
search	access
service	camera
voice	centre

15 Complete the sentences with word pairs from exercise 14.

1. A is an organization that gives its customers facilities such as internet

access or mobile telephony,

2. Traditionally, telecoms com parries made most of their profits from , but they

ha^e had to diversify into other areas.

3. A is a high speed communications channel using a wire or optical cable.

/1 Л is a facility where a company's data and applications can be stored

sec u rely.

A is a new invention or process that provides a new product or service in an

unexpected way.

6. With a 3G-enablcd phone, you can have high speed 24/7 wherever you go.

7. Google rapidly became the most widely used in the 1990s.

8. Thequality ofa depends on the number of pixelsand the lens.

A CONVERGED FUTURE

© 16 Listen to lan Pearson, 3 futurologlst, talking about the development of technologies and the impact these could have on business and society. The coloured lines on the diagram on page 11 represent different areas ian talks about. Label the lines with the areas below*

1. Telecoms

2. Society

3. Business

4. Software and hardwa re

17 Listen again and match the numbered boxes on the diagram on page 11 with the innovations below.

a contact lens display screens b Кl-'ID replaces barcodes с biometric scanners replace ID cards d free voice calls

e VR escapism a growing social problem f thought recognition

g desktop computers that can compute as fast as the human brain

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