Examine the role of Information Technology in stimulating the process of globalization.

• Technology in the areas of telecommunications, computers, and the internet has been changing rapidly.
  
• Telecommunication facilities (telegraph, telephone including mobile phones, fax) are used to contact one another around the world, to access information instantly, and to communicate from remote areas.
  
• Computers have now entered almost every field of activity where one can obtain and share information through the internet.
  
• The internet also allows us to send instant electronic mail (e-mail) and talk (voice-mail) across the world at negligible costs.
  
• Information and Communication technology (or IT in short) has played a major role in spreading the production of services across countries.