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The recent technical advantages consist in the benefits derived from satellite or internet communication. Various types of electronic & electronic equipment, computer based networking system, cellular phone have added new dimensions. Fax is playing a vital role in the development of telecommunication system. A two way transmission system works in a fax machine. A telephone connection is required in order to operate it. It runs on electricity. It is capable of transmitting and receiving printed matter. Fax is becoming popular day by day. It is suitable for official  correspondence. It has become an indispensable part in today's trade, business & commerce. It is cheaper & quicker. But unfortunately, a lot of people of  poor countries have not yet access to such facilities.

Electronic mail popularly known as e-mail is the communication of textual message via electronic means. In this system  personal computer, a modem & a telephone connection are necessary. It requires an e-mail account number. E-mail is delivered to individual electronic mail boxes based in computers. Messages can be transmitted from one country to another within seconds. It is far cheaper than telephone calls. Privacy is ensured as the e-mail is delivered to an individual’s mail box which can be accessed or opened by the consumption of paper in the office. Nowadays trade & commerce have become greatly depended on this speedy mode of communication. E-mail gives us an opportunity to face the international arena. It establishes almost instantaneous communication to any part of the world & maintains wide information network with remote areas of the globe.

Internet is the latest discovery of science & the greatest advancement in the field of communication. It is the computerized process with telephone set. To get internet connection, it requires a modem telephone line & different sort of software for using the network system. Like telephone number internet is maintained by its own number. There are two types of internet. They are on-line internet and off-line internet. Internet usually gets connection from thee networking systems. They are LAN (Local Area Network), Man (Metropolitan Area Network) & WAN (World Wide Area Network). Now-a-days an internet is great use to us. It has made the world smaller and brought the world within our reach. We can get information on every matter within a very short time. It has widened our knowledge & made us more thirsty for the unknown. It is a miracle. It works like Aladin’s magic lamp.  

A cyber cafe is a place of new internet communication system. A cyber cafe is practically a network of all networks. Now a man just pushing the keys of a computer can communicate anywhere he wishes. A student sitting in the cyber cafe can use any library & collect his necessary information. A businessman can see the condition of the world market just by sitting in this cafe. To get appropriate information a person has to communicate in the appropriate internet number. In this system, a man make friendship with a person of another part of the world & a person can even choose his/her life partner through the internet communication. For this reason, people call the cyber cafe a house to play “an electric brain”.