173: Circling the World
From: World Ocean Radio
Series: World Ocean Radio: The Sea Connects All Things
Length: 06:04
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Communications move at astonishing speed along a global network (much of it underwater) owned wholly or in partnership by Tata Communications, one of the largest telecommunications businesses in the world and a model company for globalization.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the company's structure, reach, profits, philanthropy and value--measures of worth that are impressive, dynamic and worthy of closer examination as an illustration of a corporate conglomerate worthy of emulation.
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Peter Neill, Director of the W2O and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by community radio stations worldwide.
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Piece Description
Communications move at astonishing speed along a global network (much of it underwater) owned wholly or in partnership by Tata Communications, one of the largest telecommunications businesses in the world and a model company for globalization.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the company's structure, reach, profits, philanthropy and value--measures of worth that are impressive, dynamic and worthy of closer examination as an illustration of a corporate conglomerate worthy of emulation.
_______________________________________________________________
Peter Neill, Director of the W2O and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the World Ocean Observatory, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by community radio stations worldwide.
Broadcast History
WERU 89.9 FM, Blue Hill, ME; California Academy of Sciences/Steinhart Aquarium; KSER-FM, Everett, WA; Erie Maritime Museum, Mystic Seaport, Maine Boats Homes & Harbors; 3CR Melbourne: Out of the Blue; thew2o.net/world-ocean-radio.
Transcript
I’m Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory.
I recently visited India to work with the Indian Maritime Foundation toward the development of a multi-disciplinary ocean curriculum for introduction into India public schools. The physical journey was exhausting, 14 hours by plane through myriad time zones, into an other-worldly physical, temporal, and cultural place. The outcome of that visit, however, requires frequent communications, email messages, exchange of large data bundles, tele-meetings, and eventually a distance learning connection that will link W2O resources and lecturers to Indian classrooms and teacher training programs in ocean and environmental science.
The communication seems so simple, until I think about it again and question exactly how does that connection work so efficiently, mostly problem free, at little cost to me and my colleagues thousands of miles...
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Additional Credits
Peter Neill, Host; Trisha Badger, Associate Producer
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