Match words and phrases from the text with their meaning

1.	Transmission	A	To suddenly increase greatly in number, amount, or degree
2.	Telegraph	B	Money that a business or organization receives over a period of time, especially from selling goods or services
3.	To explode	C	An important new discovery in something you are studying, especially one made after trying for a long time
4.	Satellite	D	To try to judge the value, size, speed, cost etc of something, without calculating it exactly
5.	Revenue	E	Thin metal in the form of a thread, or a piece of this
6.	To estimate	F	A machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication
7.	Wire	G	The process of sending out electronic signals, messages etc, using radio, television, or other similar equipment
8.	Breakthrough	H	An old-fashioned method of sending messages using radio or electrical signals

3) Visit the website given below and listen to a podcast about telecommunication. Here is a telecommunications expert talking about the most recent developments and current situation in this sector.

http://podcasts.britishcouncil.org/podcasts/prof-Web_telephony.mp3

Listen to the recording once again and decide whether the statements are true or false

	True	False
1. Paul Carr is an expert in the IT sector.
2. Until Skype arrived VOIP technology was difficult to use.
3. Skype claims 85 million customers globally.
4. Skype spends a lot of money on advertising.
5. Skype has no competitors.
6. It is not possible to use Skype in the UK.
7. Fibre optics will change Internet use.

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