<s>
Infocommunications	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
natural	O
expansion	O
of	O
telecommunications	O
with	O
information	O
processing	O
and	O
content	O
handling	O
functions	O
including	O
all	O
types	O
of	O
electronic	O
communications	O
(	O
fixed	O
and	O
mobile	O
telephony	O
,	O
data	O
communications	O
,	O
media	O
communications	O
,	O
broadcasting	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
Infocommunications	B-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
in	O
short	O
form	O
,	O
Infocom(s )	O
or	O
Infocomm(s )	O
first	O
emerged	O
in	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
eighties	O
at	O
scientific	O
conferences	O
and	O
then	O
was	O
gradually	O
adopted	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
by	O
the	O
players	O
of	O
telecommunications	O
sector	O
,	O
including	O
manufacturers	O
,	O
service	O
providers	O
,	O
regulatory	O
authorities	O
and	O
international	O
organizations	O
to	O
clearly	O
express	O
their	O
participation	O
in	O
the	O
convergence	O
process	O
of	O
the	O
telecommunications	O
and	O
information	O
technology	O
sectors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
infocommunications	B-General_Concept
"	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
politics	O
in	O
a	O
wider	O
sense	O
as	O
a	O
shorter	O
form	O
of	O
information	O
and	O
communication(s )	O
technology	O
(	O
ICT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
such	O
a	O
way	O
,	O
the	O
integrated	O
TIM	O
sector	O
corresponds	O
to	O
the	O
prism	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
the	O
ICT	O
sector	O
to	O
the	O
whole	O
minus	O
the	O
red	O
area	O
(	O
Media	O
&	O
Content	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Infocommunications	B-General_Concept
relates	O
to	O
Telecom	O
and	O
neighbouring	O
three	O
areas	O
(	O
blue	O
,	O
cyan	O
,	O
magenta	O
and	O
white	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
means	O
that	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
media	O
informatics	O
is	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
ICT	O
but	O
not	O
part	O
of	O
Infocommunications	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
