Vocabulary

Schedule - расписание, перечень Broadcast – радиовещание, радиопередача Expansion - распространение Audience – аудитория, слушатели Bulletin – связь, бюллетень Forecasting - прогноз Traffic- движение, транспорт Ensure – обеспечивать, гарантировать

Hazard – риск Lane - проход Circuit – цикл, кругооборот, эл. цепь Link – звено, соединение Personnel - персонал Competitive - конкурентоспособный Fuel – топливо, горючее Surgery - хирургия

LEVEL II

Complete the sentences according to the text.

And often we do not think about…

Doctors can be contacted immediately…

When people want to contact you…

Expansion of both audience and…

Radio is generally the first of news media…

LEVEL III

Answer the questions.

Are telecommunication services often used?

What is telecommunication industry?

What is communicating by radio?

What makes it possible to communicate on a global scale?

What did the year 1920witness?

Is radio or TV generally the first of news media to report a news service bulletin?

What is called 'ship-to-shore' radio?

How can Radio ensure greater safety in navigation?

Who follows and guides the flight paths of planes from take-off to landing?

What are paging systems used for?

LEVEL IV

Make short reports on the following topics.

The advantages of radio-paging systems.

Radar systems in shipping and air-traffic.

Communications

Telecommunication is a general term for the electronic transmission of all forms of information, including digital data, voice, fax, sound and video, from one location to another over some form of communications link.

Telecommunication is one of the internationally recognized locomotives of technical progress and economic development. The Belarusian Ministry of Communications (MC) is a leader among the ministries by efficiency of work. First of all, this concerns the primary network development - the basis of all services: telephony, data transmitting, multimedia

Telecommunication services nowadays are used practically every minute. Huge and powerful telecommunication industry enlaces the whole globe with its networks.

Building up of modern communication system is one of the prior directions of the development of economy of RB and necessary condition for turning our republic into economically developed country. Efficient and high standard communication, transmission of voice and video information contribute to development of business, culture and education, meet social needs of the population.

The Ministry of Telecommunications has elaborated the communication system development program of the Republic of Belarus based on new technical means (satellite connection station, fiber-optical communication lines, digital commutator equipment) as well as introducing new services: high speed data transmission, remote access to data base, electronic mail, INTERNET network, etc. There were elaborated and are being developed packet switched communication network, systems of radiotelephone communication with mobile objects, TELETEXT, TELEDATA systems, paging and satellite communication systems.

The program provides elaboration of the necessary legislative basis for efficient functioning of the branch under conditions of market economy, competition on communication services market and brings private domestic and foreign investments.

The Ministry of Telecommunications has worked out new concept of the domestic communication means manufacturing program which would provide the republic with the following:

- commutator systems for urban and country dial exchanges;

- digital transmission systems for local telephone networks, fiber-optical communication lines including;

- systems of radiotelephone and radio communication;

- cables for local and zone telephone networks, fiber-optical cables including.

The Ministry of Telecommunications of the Republic of Belarus has carried out modernization of the existing facilities. It gets acquainted with the products of world leading telecommunication equipment manufacturers, sets up new business and production ties, presents the newest Belarusian elaborations in the field of communication means.