The argument that the communications function is best positioned to shepherd the brand of the future in the social sphere is nothing new.

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Six months after graduation, I have found the job I was dreaming of, i.e. an in-house corporate communications function with regional responsibilities in Latin America for a multinational company.

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Generally speaking, the function of communications holds an increasingly vital role at the executive table.

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Communications technologies of all kinds function as an economic lubricant, reducing friction in the economy and thus accelerating economic growth.

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Yet until a few decades ago, the form and function of this crucial communications network remained elusive to scientists, even as it became clear that it held the key to critical mysteries in pharmacology and medicine.

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This is mostly a function of the digital-communications age.

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The development follows an Indian court order that went in favor of Ericsson, which had sued Micromax for using some of its patented technology to make mobile phones that function on the global system for mobile communications platform.

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