ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on transportation and communication. The globalization process has influenced in Mexico. However, the true extent of its impact remains to be seen. Clearly, communication in Mexico is in the process of being drastically altered. Communication modalities in Mexico have been influenced by privatization but also likewise extensively by emerging electronic technology and globalization. One of the more recent events in Mexico has been the privatization of many state owned enterprises, among them communication and transportation entities. The Mexican economic census of 1993 reported 4,941 corporations devoted to communications with 114,625 employees. Mexico City remains the hub of transportation in Mexico but with an increasing emphasis on the US border region as a result of the globalization process, notably as it has been influenced by the growth of the maquiladora industry. In addition, the Communications and Transportation Ministry (SCT) is connecting towns with cellular technology. Satellite communication services are offered by Iridium and Globalstar.
