491 the development of information and communications sector in germany by wolfgang seufert summary on basis usually applied narrow definition communication ic which encompasses only those industrial sectors whose outputs include modern technology ser vices as well content it could be said that during last 20 years has experienced neither above average growth production nor employment compared to economy a whole 1998 these share stood at mere 4 1 total employ ment was thus lower than had been 1980 case transition from an society can demon strated more clearly if is also taken into account use technologies services plays significant role for example one were apply concept primary used oecd 1970s 1980s two compara tive cross country studies includes processing transmission indepen dently