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If you are involved or getting involved in mobile communication technologies and services, this book is for you. This book explains the different types of mobile telephone technologies and systems from 1st generation digital broadband. It describes the basics of how they operate , the different types of wireless voice, data and information services, key commercial systems, and typical revenues /costs of these services.

Mobile telephone technologies, systems, and services have dramatically changed over the past 2 years . New technology capabilities and limited restrictions ( deregulation ) are allowing existing systems to offer new services. Many of these new services compete with other types of wireless systems that have not experienced significant competition.

While new competition has provided lower cost services for consumers, it means a rapidly changing marketplace for the wireless industry. Some of these changes include the increase in mobile telephone customers from 300 million to 1.3 billion customers within 5 years and the shift of focus from adding new voice customers to providing advanced services such as data transfer, web browsing, and software downloads.

The types of services that mobile telephone systems can offer vary depending on the technologies, devices, and the services selected by customers. This book discusses the different types of systems including 1st, 2nd, 2.5, and third generation wireless (3G) and the types of services they can offer.

This Book Provides:,

• Simple descriptions and diagrams of analog and digital mobile telephone systems
• The key types of wireless services and which types of mobile telephone systems can offer them
• The approximate usage fees for mobile telephone services
• The market numbers and trends for mobile subscribers
• How each mobile telephone system continues to change to offer new services and better compete against other mobile telephone technologies
• What are the key applications driving the mobile telephone market growth
• What are the next steps in mobile telephone systems such as 4G

About the Authors

Lawrence Harte is the president of Althos, an expert information provider covering the communications industry. He has over 29 years of technology analysis, development, implementation, and business management experience. Mr. Harte has worked for leading companies. Including Ericsson/General Electric, Audiovox/Toshiba and Westinghouse and consulted for hundreds of other companies. Mr. Harte continually researches, analyzes, and tests new communication technologies, applications, and services. He has authored over 300 books on telecommunications technologies on topics including Wireless Mobile, Data Communications, VoIP, Broadband, Prepaid Services, and Communications Billing. Mr. Harte holds many degrees and certificates including an Executive MBA from Wake Forest University (1995) and BSET from the University of the State of New York, (1990).

David Bowler is an independent telecommunications training consultant. He has almost 20 years experience in designing and delivering training in the areas of wireless networks and related technologies, including CDMA, TDMA, GSM and 3G systems. He also has expertise in Wireless Local Loop and microwave radio systems and has designed and delivered a range of training courses on SS7 and other network signaling protocols. Mr. Bowler has worked for a number of telecommunications operators including Cable and Wireless and Mercury Communications and also for Wray Castle, a telecommunications training company where he was responsible for the design of training programmes for delivery on a global basis. Mr. Bowler was educated in the United Kingdom and holds a series of specialized maritime electronic engineering certificates.