📗 Libro en inglés MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN A HIGH-SPEED WORLD

Mobile Telecommunications in a High Speed World tells the story of 3G and higher speed mobile communication technologies Over ten years have passed since the first third generation 3G licences were awarded following debates about the merits of auctions versus beauty contests then nothing much happened More licences were issued a few roll outs commenced and everyone began to think it had all been a horribly expensive mistake That may still turn out to be the case but in the meantime there have been massive developments in terms of the number of licences and launches worldwide in the range of services that can be accessed in the range of devices that can be used to access them in operator strategies etc Even the technology has improved considerably with 4G now under discussion Much of this story has been chronicled largely on the Internet but the information is in tens of thousands of bits and pieces and a large part of it is either misleading or just plain wrong Here Peter Curwen and Jason Whalley introduce the outcomes of research that has involved the compilation of a unique database which details every licence and launch worldwide involving 3G The authors discuss the structure of the industry and the strategic behaviour of operators as well as