The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications: From Cellular Systems to Wifi - Softcover

Dornan, Andy

 
9780130097187: The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications: From Cellular Systems to Wifi

Synopsis

Now, the #1 nontechnical guide to next-generation wireless has been fully updated for tomorrow's technologies-and today's business realities. The Essential Guide to Wireless Communications Applications: From Cellular Systems to Wi-Fi, Second Edition, reviews every new wireless development that matters, from 3.5G and 4G networks to profitable m-commerce applications, WLANs to T-Rays. Includes specific business wireless buying advice, plus new coverage of the health issues surrounding wireless communications.

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About the Author

ANDY DORNAN is an award-winning Senior Editor specializing in wireless technology at Network magazine in San Francisco, CA. He has covered advanced wireless technologies for publications ranging from Red Herring to Wired.

From the Back Cover

The #1 nontechnical guide to wireless: updated for the latest technologies and business realities.

  • #1 nontechnical guide to wireless technology!
  • Fully updated to reflect the newest wireless technologies and business realities
  • New coverage of 3.5G and 4G wireless systems, WLANs, and other key advances
  • Today's—and tomorrow's—most profitable mobile commerce applications introduced
  • Specific, up-to-the-minute wireless buying advice
  • New chapter on the health issues surrounding wireless
  • An ideal resource for decision makers; marketing, PR, and sales professionals; investors; and business consumers

Now, the #1 nontechnical guide to next-generation wireless applications has been fully updated for tomorrow's most important technologies—and today's most critical business realities. Network magazine editor Andy Dornan reviews every new wireless development that matters—from 3.5G networks to profitable m-commerce applications, WLANs to very-high-bandwidth wireless optics. You'll find detailed, up-to-the-minute coverage of:

  • The realities of wireless economics—including the most promising opportunities in tough markets
  • 3G systems and their limitations—and the promise of tomorrow's 3.5G and 4G technologies
  • Real-world, business-focused guidance on purchasing cell phones and service
  • State-of-the-art mobile commerce: including security, payment systems, and today's most innovative, successful applications
  • Leading mobile OS platforms: Blackberry, Pocket PC, Tablet PC, Palm, and beyond
  • WLANs: the next revolution in wireless Internet access?
  • Multimedia messaging, T-Rays, space-based Internet access, and other advanced technologies
  • Up-to-the-minute, objective assessment of the health issues surrounding wireless

Whether you're an investor, sales or marketing professional, manager, consultant, or consumer, Andy Dornan delivers all the information you need to identify your best wireless opportunities—and take advantage of them!

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