hnologies will rapidly drive demand and rate of consumer adoption to an un-rivaled level. Expect Mobile TV's widespread consumer acceptance to take place commensurate with the widespread availability of 3G networks in the US in the latter part 2005 and 2006 and only to grow from there. CONCLUSION We can no more predict what our networks will look like in the year 2040 than could the designers of AT&T's Picturephone have predicted the current generation of handheld communications appliances. However, we do know that our network appliances will become more powerful, more portable, and more reliable, and that our networks will become more robust. To quote William James, "Change is the only absolute." In the final analysis, technology only matters to the extent that it improves the quality of people's lives and breaks down barriers to worthwhile communication. We believe that today's technology offers an unprecedented opportunity to do just that. We commend those noblest of aspirations that have led the most unlikely collaborators to find the necessary common ground to accomplish extraordinary achievements in improving our world, and thereby to improve people's lives. We offer our small contribution, this text, with hope that people will put those achievements to good use. Video Communications: The Whole Picture CHAPTER 18 REFERENCES Wikipedia, English Version. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/, January 2004. Bottger, Chris . "The Collaboration Revolution; Successful Meetings." Oct 2004 v53 i11 p32(1). Pulver, Jeff. "The Pulver Report" October 21, 1999. http://www.pulver.com. Kerner, Sean Michael. "Converged Devices Lead Mobile Demand." November 1, ,2004 www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/hardware/article.php/3429541 "Vendors Vary Wildly on Real Costs for VOIP Rollouts; Meanwhile, Customers Grow Weary of Carriers' Convergence Inertia" PR Newswire Association, Nov. 16, 2004. Gold, Elliot. "Teleconferencing industry to hit $3.7 billion in revenues for 2004, growing to$4.0 billion in 2005: Market continues to be dominated by conf