Explanation Posted: 12/02/01
The blurring of telecommunications, computers, and the Internet into one network. It is primarily about technology and the class of voice and data networks but it is also a fundamental change in the way people will work and behave in the future. The public voice network will become a public multimedia network and the Internet as it is known today will cease to exist as every user will always be on-line (no dial-up required) and have ready access.