A main advantage of technology is it makes communication between people easy and quicker. The telephone has brought people closer together in the sense that distance did not inhibit a phone call. People can communicate with each other around the globe by simply text messaging used e-mail or instant messages (IM). Business people use the internet to do business with other different countries. They can contact their employers by using internet. "Rapid communications and information transmission have helped to transform workplaces around the world."(Ruggiero, 1999, p.111) Also, modern communication allows banking to be done electronically. All in all, communication has changed the world economy.