But a large part of Nokia's success is due to its early recognition that mobile telephones are more than portable communication devices, but also fashion items.
And whether as a person drawn to public service, or simply someone who insists on being an active citizen, you will be exposed to more opinions and ideas broadcast through more means of communication than ever existed before.
The Internet allows more direct and open communication than does the real world.
Nowhere is clear communication more important than in the area of feedback.
Chinese calligraphy has always been more than simply a tool for communication, incorporating as it does the element of artistry for which the practice is still valued in an age of ballpoint pens and computers.
The truth is that although it may have started out simply as a social networking site, it is now more than that - a crucial communication tool that almost anyone can use to get their voice heard.
Marzian says she has no expectations that the Clean Energy Opportunity Act will pass this year, but that there is more dialogue now than there has been in the past, and more communication between the coal camp and the environmentalists.
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Bill Rosenthal is chief executive of Communispond, which has taught effective communication skills to more than 600, 000 managers over the past 41 years.
Nothing undermines a communication program more quickly than inconsistent actions by leadership, and nothing speaks as powerfully as someone who is backing up their words with behavior.
At the time of its launch in October 2011 by ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), ViaSat-1 had more capacity than all of the other communication satellites covering North America combined.
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The potential for addiction and loss of human interaction related to digital communication seems evident now more than ever in our current society.
Google says that gigabit Internet offers more than just fast browsing online, but make the web a more useful and compelling communication tool.
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There was no communication with the airplane for more than an hour as it approached the airport, the board said.
Are we shocked that interactive and egalitarian communication leads to more offline interaction than does the male behavior of online one-upsmanship?
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Digital radio, because of error correction requirements inherent in two-way radio communication, is substantially more fragile than the older analog radio systems.
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To this point, there has been little to none of the chemistry that Tagliabue and Upshaw had, but the relationship is still in its early stages with more communication through the media thus far than to each other.
But Sussex Police began an investigation, interviewing the MP for 90 minutes under caution on suspicion of sending a malicious communication, and it was more than six months before he was informed that no further action would be taken.
As noted in the affidavit by FBI Special Agent Sarah Webb Linden that was the basis for the criminal charges filed in federal court against Fai, he was in constant communication with his ISI handlers, exchanging more than 4, 000 emails between June 2008 and his arrest in July 2011.
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Aceto believes effective communication across social media platforms is more critical today than ever before.
More than 41, 400 students took one in Applied Information and Communication Technology.
In the more distant future, it may allow communication at higher data rates than present radio links can provide.
The lack of formal coordination and communication led to many more agencies being affected by the incident than necessary, according to GAO.
Email may be yielding better results than Twitter because it, like Facebook, is a more focused form of communication.
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Communication's quality, he says, has always meant more than its frequency.
But now there are millions of machines being used for communication, commerce, and culture, creating more data in a day than has existed in entire millennia of civilization.
With more than 700 patents to his name, Tesla invented radio, the coil transformer, wireless communication, fluorescent lights and the alternating-current motor, which allowed electricity to flow over long distances.
More words are being invented now than ever before -- partly because of easy and fast communication on the interwebs. (Sorry, gemurray) "But the more words that are produced increases the competition, " says Nunberg.
That Messages is more akin to chat than email also means that it can be a lightweight and speedy form of communication, making email look cumbersome.
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It may take more than 10 years for a widespread broadband market to develop, says Abhi Chaki, an analyst with Jupiter Communication's bandwidth and access practice.
Today's electronic forms of communication may lack that emotional depth but they do enable us to connect more speedily and efficiently than I at least could manage with pen and ink.
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