* NTIC = New Technologies of Information and Communication / Nouvelles Tecnologies de l’Information et de la Communication

By: Amadou Mahtar M’bow and Madiagne Diallo

Abstract :The sector of Information Technologies (IT) is now among the most dynamic of the globalized world. The rapidly changing and growing telecommunications sector ensures to the IT sector its easiness and power to shorten distances, in particular bringing people through its great nucleus called the Internet network.

The technological convergence that allows to combine data, voice and video in a single package and send it with Internet Protocol (IP) makes this huge network a considerable player in today and in future societies. In this article we provide an analysis on the evolution of IT and respectively its impact on societies and universities.