Editorial: Inaugural issue

As its benefits become more and more vivid, the networks have generated business transactions from enterprises and the rest of the society as well at a rapid pace. Networks have already penetrated deeply into our society and people´s lives with Mobile and Fixed and/or Wireless Broadband services so that multimedia over wired or wireless architecture can be accessed everywhere. A computer network, is sometimes considered a sub-discipline of electrical engineering, telecommunications, computer science, information technology or computer engineering, as it relies upon the theoretical and practical applications of these disciplines. Two devices are said to be in a network only where at least one process in one device is able to send/receive data to/from at least one process residing in a remote device. Therefore, network is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information. Making use of networks will expand far beyond merely accessing Web and E-mail but social networking services. As virtually everything in our social infrastructures and most electrical appliances become connected with Internet through networking, an ´ubiquitous network industry´ will provide services and products based upon our understanding of the latest technical trends of networks. Therefore booming business potentials in the forthcoming ubiquitous society are eagerly anticipated.