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COMMUNICATION SERVICES…• Communication services are helpful to the business for

establish links with the outside world viz., suppliers, customers, competitors etc .Business does not exist in isolation, it has to communicate with others for transmission of ideas and information. In this fast moving and competitive world it is essential to have advanced technology for quick exchange of information. The main services which help business can be classified into

• POSTAL SERVICES • TELECOM SERVICES

Group discussion…

Compare olden and modern communication services

POSTAL SERVICES…• Indian Post and Telegraph Department provides various postal

services all over India. India has been divided into 22 postal circles for this. There are 1,54,149 post offices in India. It has 5,64,701 letter boxes, which transmits 1575 crore mails every year. 5,01,716 villages have a public telephones and 26000 post offices are connected through the network. It links major 97 countries across the world. It provides speed post facility for over 1000 destinations in India.

Facilities of postal department are broadly divided into : • FINANCIAL FACILITIES• MAIL FACILITIES

• Financial facilities: Post and Telegraph Department provides financial services using post offices saving schemes like Public Provident Fund, Kisan Vikas Patra, National Saving Certificate, saving accounts, time deposits and money order facility etc.

• Mail Facilities: It consists of parcel facilities which consists of trans-mission of articles from one place to another ; registration facility to provide security of transmitted articles and insurance facility to provide insurance cover for all risks in the course of transmission by post.

Postal department also offers allied facilities of the following types:

1) Greeting post- A range of delightful greeting cards for every occasion.

2) Media post- An innovative and effective vehicle for Indian corporates to advertise their brand through postcards, envelopes, telegrams etc.

3) Passport facilities- It has joint hands with Ministry of External Affairs and accepts application for passport.

4) Speed post- It has over 1000 destinations in India and links with 97 major countries across the globe.

5) E-bill post- It is the offering of the department to collect bill payment across the counter for BSNL and Bharti Airtel.

Q1) What are different types of insurance ?Q2)What do you understand by the term

”communication” ?Q3)Explain in brief about telecom services ?

WORKSHEET….

TELECOM SERVICES…

• World class telecommunication infrastructure is the key to rapid economic and social development of a country.

• It is the backbone of any business.• Government of India has developed new

Telecom Policy Framework, 1999 and Broadband Policy 2004 to provide universal services to all uncovered areas and high level services for meeting the needs of our economy.

Types of telecom services..

• Cellular Mobile Services• Fixed Line Services• VSAT (very small aperture terminal)Services• Radio Paging Services• Cable Services• DTH (direct to home) Services like Tata Sky,

Reliance etc.

Homework…

How communication service is important in modern life and why ?

Done byANFAL AYESHA..