Cellular Communications / Edition 1

by Garry A. Garrard, Garry Gerrard, John Walker

Overview

This unique work provides an expert account of the growth and development of markets in the rapidly expanding and profitable telecommunications industry. The treatment is global: market development is described, analyzed and evaluated, bringing you right up-to-date with current market characteristics and future trends worldwide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890069233
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/1997
Series:	Artech House Mobile Communications Series
Pages:	536
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.31(d)

About the Author

Garry Garrard is an independent consultant for more than 30 years of experience in mobile communications. For the last 12 years he has specialized in the business and regulatory aspects of the mobile industry, consulting high-profile international clients including AT&T, Cellnet, One-2-One, and TeleDanmark.

Table of Contents

Contents: Radio BC — Before Cellular. The Cellular Pioneers. European Monopolies, 1985 to 1991. The UK — A Testbed for Competition. The Development of GSM. PCN — More Competition for the UK. The Monopolies Under Attack. GSM and Competition in Europe. Digital Developments in the US. Cellular in the Rest of the World. Other Mobile Services — Targets, Competitors, or Complements for Cellular? Where Next?

Editorial Reviews

International mobile communications consultant Garrard has been associated with the industry since the 1960s, when he helped pioneer its techniques. He provides a overview<-->aiming to bridge the marketing and engineering domains<-->of this burgeoning industry from the radio BC (before cellular) era; through the cellular pioneers, to the European monopolies, 1985-91, and other continental/UK markets, service providers, standards, and competition; to digital developments and other mobile services in the US and the rest of the contemporary cellular world (quadrupling to over 100 million subscribers from 1993-1996). Future trends are also explored. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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