This collection of articles reviews some of the latest developments in telecommunications and electronic storage and processing devices, and provides a perspective on telecommunications capabilities currently available. Each section focuses on specific technologies or aspects of the communications environment. ^BSelected Contents: A Little Light, A Bright Promise: Fiber Optics, Teleconferencing: A Rapidly Growing Innovation, Cellular Phones: The Way We Communicate Today, GTE in Cerritos, Cable Television Regulation and Competition, Cable Television: Application and Technology, Communication Satellites, High Definition Television: The Next Generation, Interaction Video Graphics, Desktop: What's in Store for Publishing, Videocassette Recorders, Videodisc, The VCR of the 90s, Compact Discs, CD-ROM: Past and Present on Disc.