Wireless Broadband

Looking ahead to how wireless services will develop, this book examines the commercial, legal and engineering questions that will shape the market. Its early chapters address broadband's role in the information society and the forces pushing people to use more of it. It then surveys the global wireless market and the IP core networks that carry broadband traffic, before turning to convergence and the disputes and tensions that arise as industries collide.

The author pairs these discussions with more than eighty illustrations to make technical material easier to follow. Readers will encounter emerging technologies, the ways services can be delivered to customers, the applications that run on them, and the digital content they carry.

The book suits anyone trying to understand where wireless broadband is heading, whether they work in telecoms, technology or policy, or simply want a structured overview of the forces behind the next stage of mobile connectivity.