About the seminar

Our modern world is increasingly driven by the latest developments in telecommunications. Many aspects of our lives now rely upon the mobile phone, the Internet, computers, television and radio. Today, thanks to advances made in engineering, you can keep in touch with family and friends, find out about events as and when they happen and remain connected twenty four hours per day from virtually anywhere on the planet and using a device that fits conveniently into your pocket or bag.

But what part has Manchester played in the telecommunications revolution?

This lecture will show how the success of the Manchester cotton industry created the world's first global communications network, how the UK's first telephone was installed in Manchester, how Manchester established itself as a mass media communications hub for newspapers, television and radio, why the Internet owes its existence to Manchester and how Manchester helped fuel the mobile revolution.

About the speaker

Nigel Linge is an electronic engineer by profession and has been working in the computer networking field since 1983 when he commenced his PhD researching techniques for the interconnection of local area networks. That early interest in network interconnection continues to this day with research into routing protocols and network quality of service management with particular reference to the maintenance of quality of service for the provision of seamless mobility in networks. Professor Linge is Professor in the School of Computing, Science & Engineering at the University of Salford.

Pauline Webb the curator of telecoms equipment at MOSI.