Global Mobile

Download Global Mobile full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Global Mobile ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Global Mobile Media

Author : Gerard Goggin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136908315
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile Media by : Gerard Goggin

Download or read book Global Mobile Media written by Gerard Goggin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerard Goggin has produced an incisive and penetrating overview of the world according to mobiles. Covering sight, sound and status, plus a host of other issues, he provides a provocative analysis of how mobile communication gadgets come to play such a prominent role in our lives. Any scholar of New Media will want to read this book – James Katz, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, USA With billions of users worldwide, the cell phone is not only a successful communications technology; it is also key to the future of media. Global Mobile Media offers an overview of the complex topic of mobile media, looking at the emerging industry structures, new media economies, mobile media cultures and network politics of cell phones as they move centre-stage in media industries. The development, adoption and significance of cell phones for society and culture have been registered in a growing body of work. Where existing books have focused on communication, and on the social and cultural aspects of mobile media, Global Mobile Media looks at the media dimensions. Goggin provides a pioneering yet measured evaluation of how cell phone corporations, media interests, users and policy makers are together shaping a new media dispensation. Global Mobile Media successfully places new mobile media historically, socially and culturally in a wider field of portable media technologies through extensive case studies, including: the rise of smartphones, with a detailed discussion of the Apple iPhone and how it has catalysed a new phase in convergent media, audiences and innovation the new agenda in cultural politics and media policy, featuring topics such as iPhone apps and control, mobile commons, and open mobile networks a succinct map of the political economy of mobile media, identifying key players, patterns of ownership and control, institutions, and issues a critical account of cell phones’ involvement in and contribution to much-discussed new forms of production and consumption, such as user-generated content, p2p networks, open and free source software networks an anatomy of how cell phones relate to other online media, particularly the Internet and wireless technologies. Global Mobile Media is an engaging, accessible text which will be of immense interest to upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in Communication Studies, Cultural Studies and Media Studies, as well as those taking New Media courses.

Global Mobile

Author : Peter Aurelius Bruck
Publisher : Information Today
ISBN 13 : 9781573874625
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (746 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile by : Peter Aurelius Bruck

Download or read book Global Mobile written by Peter Aurelius Bruck and published by Information Today. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Global Mobile Media

Author : Gerard Goggin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136908323
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile Media by : Gerard Goggin

Download or read book Global Mobile Media written by Gerard Goggin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-10-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gerard Goggin has produced an incisive and penetrating overview of the world according to mobiles. Covering sight, sound and status, plus a host of other issues, he provides a provocative analysis of how mobile communication gadgets come to play such a prominent role in our lives. Any scholar of New Media will want to read this book – James Katz, Department of Communication, Rutgers University, USA With billions of users worldwide, the cell phone is not only a successful communications technology; it is also key to the future of media. Global Mobile Media offers an overview of the complex topic of mobile media, looking at the emerging industry structures, new media economies, mobile media cultures and network politics of cell phones as they move centre-stage in media industries. The development, adoption and significance of cell phones for society and culture have been registered in a growing body of work. Where existing books have focused on communication, and on the social and cultural aspects of mobile media, Global Mobile Media looks at the media dimensions. Goggin provides a pioneering yet measured evaluation of how cell phone corporations, media interests, users and policy makers are together shaping a new media dispensation. Global Mobile Media successfully places new mobile media historically, socially and culturally in a wider field of portable media technologies through extensive case studies, including: the rise of smartphones, with a detailed discussion of the Apple iPhone and how it has catalysed a new phase in convergent media, audiences and innovation the new agenda in cultural politics and media policy, featuring topics such as iPhone apps and control, mobile commons, and open mobile networks a succinct map of the political economy of mobile media, identifying key players, patterns of ownership and control, institutions, and issues a critical account of cell phones’ involvement in and contribution to much-discussed new forms of production and consumption, such as user-generated content, p2p networks, open and free source software networks an anatomy of how cell phones relate to other online media, particularly the Internet and wireless technologies. Global Mobile Media is an engaging, accessible text which will be of immense interest to upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in Communication Studies, Cultural Studies and Media Studies, as well as those taking New Media courses.

Global Mobile Satellite Communications

Author : Stojce Dimov Ilcev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402027842
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile Satellite Communications by : Stojce Dimov Ilcev

Download or read book Global Mobile Satellite Communications written by Stojce Dimov Ilcev and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-12-05 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global mobile satellite communications (GMSC) are specific satellite communication systems for maritime, land and aeronautical applications. It enables connections between moving objects such as ships, vehicles and aircrafts, and telecommunications subscribers through the medium of communications satellites, ground earth stations, PTT or other landline telecommunications providers. Mobile satellite communications and technology have been in use for over two decades. Its initial application is aimed at the maritime market for commercial and distress applications. In recent years, new developments and initiatives have resulted in land and aeronautical applications and the introduction of new satellite constellations in non-geostationary orbits such as Little and Big LEO configurations and hybrid satellite constellations as Ellipso Borealis and Concordia system. This book is important for modern shipping, truck, train and aeronautical societies because GMSC in the present millennium provides more effective business and trade, with emphasis on safety and commercial communications. Global Mobile Satellite Communications is written to make bridges between potential readers and current GMSC trends, mobile system concepts and network architecture using a simple mode of style with understandable technical information, characteristics, graphicons, illustrations and mathematics equations. Global Mobile Satellite Communications represents telecommunications technique and technology, which can be useful for all technical staff on vessels at sea and rivers, on all types of land vehicles, on planes, on off shore constructions and for everyone possessing satellite communications handset phones.

Global Mobile Satellite Communications Applications

Author : Stojce Dimov Ilcev
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319718584
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile Satellite Communications Applications by : Stojce Dimov Ilcev

Download or read book Global Mobile Satellite Communications Applications written by Stojce Dimov Ilcev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-11 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses global mobile satellite communications (GMSC) for maritime, land (road and rail), and aeronautical applications. It covers how these enable connections between moving objects such as ships, road and rail vehicles and aircrafts on one hand, and ground telecommunications subscribers through the medium of communications satellites, ground earth stations, Terrestrial Telecommunication Networks (TTN), Internet Service Providers (ISP) and other wireless and landline telecommunications providers. The new edition covers new developments and initiatives that have resulted in land and aeronautical applications and the introduction of new satellite constellations in non-geostationary orbits and projects of new hybrid satellite constellations. The book presents current GMSC trends, mobile system concepts and network architecture using a simple mode of style with understandable technical information, characteristics, graphics, illustrations and mathematics equations. It represents telecommunications technique and technology, which can be useful for all technical staff on vessels at sea and rivers, on all types of land vehicles, on planes, on off shore constructions and for everyone possessing satellite communications handset phones. The first edition of Global Mobile Satellite Communications (Springer, 2005) was split into two books for the second edition – one on applications and one on theory. This book presents global mobile satellite communications applications.

Global Mobile Satellite Communications Theory

Author : Stojče Dimov Ilčev
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319391712
Total Pages : 599 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (193 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile Satellite Communications Theory by : Stojče Dimov Ilčev

Download or read book Global Mobile Satellite Communications Theory written by Stojče Dimov Ilčev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses current theory regarding global mobile satellite communications (GMSC) for maritime, land (road and rail), and aeronautical applications. It covers how these can enable connections between moving objects such as ships, road and rail vehicles and aircrafts on one hand, and on the other ground telecommunications subscribers through the medium of communications satellites, ground earth stations, Terrestrial Telecommunication Networks (TTN), Internet Service Providers (ISP) and other wireless and landline telecommunications providers. This new edition covers new developments and initiatives that have resulted in land and aeronautical applications and the introduction of new satellite constellations in non-geostationary orbits and projects of new hybrid satellite constellations. The book presents current GMSC trends, mobile system concepts and network architecture using a simple mode of style with understandable technical information, characteristics, graphics, illustrations and mathematics equations. The first edition of Global Mobile Satellite Communications (Springer, 2005) was split into two books for the second edition—one on applications and one on theory. This book presents global mobile satellite communications theory.

Global Mobile Satellite Systems

Author : Peter A. Swan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461503299
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile Satellite Systems by : Peter A. Swan

Download or read book Global Mobile Satellite Systems written by Peter A. Swan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Mobile Satellite Systems - A Systems Overview makes mobile satellite communications understandable for communication engineers, candidates for an engineering degree, technicians, managers, and other decision makers such as financiers and regulators. It provides a systems oriented top-level view of mobile satellite communications. In particular, it focuses on Global Mobile Satellite Systems (GMSS) including active programs such as Globalstar, IRIDIUM, ORBCOMM, ACeS, and Thuraya, or so-called the second generation mobile satellite systems class. The authors start with a brief description of three generations of satellite systems in use or planned in the telecommunications industry. Selected systems architectural trades are identified and explained to illustrate how various GMSS systems are formulated, developed and evaluated. It includes an examination of market demand trends, business trades, regulatory issues as well as technical considerations. Major issues are examined in trade study style to provide easy access to key information. Key systems drivers such as orbit trades between LEO's, MEO's, and GEO's, frequency, protocols, customer bases, and regulatory and engineering issues are included. This book should appeal to individuals interested in the basic elements of Global Mobile Satellite Systems.

Global Mobile Commerce: Strategies, Implementation and Case Studies

Author : Huang, Wayne
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1599045605
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (99 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile Commerce: Strategies, Implementation and Case Studies by : Huang, Wayne

Download or read book Global Mobile Commerce: Strategies, Implementation and Case Studies written by Huang, Wayne and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores global m-commerce strategies and technological standards, and provides cases of the subject from a global perspective.

Strategy, Adoption, and Competitive Advantage of Mobile Services in the Global Economy

Author : Lee, In
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466619406
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Strategy, Adoption, and Competitive Advantage of Mobile Services in the Global Economy by : Lee, In

Download or read book Strategy, Adoption, and Competitive Advantage of Mobile Services in the Global Economy written by Lee, In and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As business paradigm shifts from a desktop-centric environment to a data-centric mobile environment, mobile services provide numerous new business opportunities, and in some cases, challenge some of the basic premises of existing business models. Strategy, Adoption, and Competitive Advantage of Mobile Services in the Global Economy seeks to foster a scientific understanding of mobile services, provide a timely publication of current research efforts, and forecast future trends in the mobile services industry. This book is an ideal resource for academics, researchers, government policymakers, as well as corporate managers looking to enhance their competitive edge in or understanding of mobile services.

Mobile Communication and Society

Author : Manuel Castells
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262262304
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mobile Communication and Society by : Manuel Castells

Download or read book Mobile Communication and Society written by Manuel Castells and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How wireless technology is redefining the relationship of communication, technology, and society around the world—in everyday work and life, in youth culture, in politics, and in the developing world. Wireless networks are the fastest growing communications technology in history. Are mobile phones expressions of identity, fashionable gadgets, tools for life—or all of the above? Mobile Communication and Society looks at how the possibility of multimodal communication from anywhere to anywhere at any time affects everyday life at home, at work, and at school, and raises broader concerns about politics and culture both global and local. Drawing on data gathered from around the world, the authors explore who has access to wireless technology, and why, and analyze the patterns of social differentiation seen in unequal access.They explore the social effects of wireless communication—what it means for family life, for example, when everyone is constantly in touch, or for the idea of an office when workers can work anywhere. Is the technological ability to multitask further compressing time in our already hurried existence? The authors consider the rise of a mobile youth culture based on peer-to-peer networks, with its own language of texting, and its own values. They examine the phenomenon of flash mobs, and the possible political implications. And they look at the relationship between communication and development and the possibility that developing countries could "leapfrog" directly to wireless and satellite technology. This sweeping book—moving easily in its analysis from the United States to China, from Europe to Latin America and Africa—answers the key questions about our transformation into a mobile network society.

Global Mobile Satellite Systems

Author : Peter A. Swan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781402073847
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (738 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Mobile Satellite Systems by : Peter A. Swan

Download or read book Global Mobile Satellite Systems written by Peter A. Swan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Mobile Satellite Systems - A Systems Overview makes mobile satellite communications understandable for communication engineers, candidates for an engineering degree, technicians, managers, and other decision makers such as financiers and regulators. It provides a systems oriented top-level view of mobile satellite communications. In particular, it focuses on Global Mobile Satellite Systems (GMSS) including active programs such as Globalstar, IRIDIUM, ORBCOMM, ACeS, and Thuraya, or so-called the second generation mobile satellite systems class. The authors start with a brief description of three generations of satellite systems in use or planned in the telecommunications industry. Selected systems architectural trades are identified and explained to illustrate how various GMSS systems are formulated, developed and evaluated. It includes an examination of market demand trends, business trades, regulatory issues as well as technical considerations. Major issues are examined in trade study style to provide easy access to key information. Key systems drivers such as orbit trades between LEO's, MEO's, and GEO's, frequency, protocols, customer bases, and regulatory and engineering issues are included. This book should appeal to individuals interested in the basic elements of Global Mobile Satellite Systems.

An Introduction to Global Media for the Twenty-First Century

Author : Ole J. Mjøs
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350348732
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis An Introduction to Global Media for the Twenty-First Century by : Ole J. Mjøs

Download or read book An Introduction to Global Media for the Twenty-First Century written by Ole J. Mjøs and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Global Media for the Twenty-First Century provides a thorough introduction to the field of global media today. The book presents the key changes taking place as the global media landscape evolves, and the main theories of the field, that explain these developments. Tracing, first, the formative development of an international and global media landscape throughout the 20th century from the telegraph, television and film export, and transnational television to the Internet, the book then focuses on developments in the 21st century. This includes: the digitization of the global media and communications sector; the popularization of the Internet and digital infrastructure such as the smartphone and platforms; the emergence of global online media and services; the production and distribution of digital media content; and the exploitation of user data. Case studies illustrate key developments throughout the book. The book shows how the field is characterized by a continuity of critical concerns in relation to power, influence, and domination; media user empowerment and exploitation; and social and sustainable development and democratic conditions, as well as geopolitical shifts, in a global context.

Mobile Services Industries, Technologies, and Applications in the Global Economy

Author : Lee, In
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466619821
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mobile Services Industries, Technologies, and Applications in the Global Economy by : Lee, In

Download or read book Mobile Services Industries, Technologies, and Applications in the Global Economy written by Lee, In and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As business paradigms shift from desktop-centric environments to data-centric mobile environments, mobile services create numerous new business opportunities. At the same time, these advances may also challenge many of the basic premises of existing business models. Mobile Services Industries, Technologies, and Applications in the Global Economy fosters a scientific understanding of mobile services, provides a timely publication of current research efforts, and forecasts future trends in the mobile services industry and its important role in the world economy. Written for academics, researchers, government policymakers, and corporate managers, this comprehensive volume will outline the great potential for new business models and applications in mobile commerce.

Mobile Media and Social Intimacies in Asia

Author : Jason Vincent A. Cabañes
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9402417907
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (24 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Mobile Media and Social Intimacies in Asia by : Jason Vincent A. Cabañes

Download or read book Mobile Media and Social Intimacies in Asia written by Jason Vincent A. Cabañes and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume brings together cutting-edge studies from emerging scholars of East/Southeast Asia who explore the role of mobile media in the contemporary transformation of the region’s social intimacies, from the romantic to the familial to the communal. By providing a regional and transnational overview of such studies, it affords new insights into how these mobile technologies have contributed to the rise of ‘glocal intimacies’. This pertains to the normalisation and intensification of how people’s relationships of closeness are entangled in the ever-shifting and constantly negotiated flows between global modernity and local everyday life. In providing case studies of mobile media and glocal intimacies, the chapters in the volume attend to a broad range of countries that include China, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, and Taiwan. This illustrates the differing ways in which mobile media might be embedded in the region’s divergent articulations of social intimacies, which reflect the ongoing tensions between Western and Asian imaginaries of modernity. The chapters also discuss a wide array of mobile media that people use, from social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, to messaging apps like KakaoTalk and WhatsApp, to dating apps like Tinder and Blued. This allows for a mapping out of the different levels of impact that mobile media might have on social intimacies in a region that contains some of the most technologically advanced as well as the most technologically behind societies in the world. In summary, this book allows readers to take a comparative approach to understanding the complexity of the glocal intimacies that are emerging from the ways people in Asia use mobile media to reconfigure their local ties and to enact global relationships. This volume will benefit students, academics, and researchers who are keen in media and communication, cultural studies, sociology, anthropology, and Asian studies. “This exciting and much-needed book will greatly advance our efforts to decolonise media and communications research. The chapters offer empirically rich and nuanced accounts that challenge the dominant paradigms about mediated intimacy.” Mirca Madianou, Goldsmiths, University of London “This collection develops the original concept of ‘glocal intimacies’ to describe how mobile media have become a crucial site where new social intimacies are enacted, reinforced and transformed in Asia. It introduces fresh empirical research from emerging scholars to furnish deep theoretical insights into these imaginaries and practices.” Audrey Yue, National University of Singapore

Global Competition Between and Within Standards

Author : Jeffrey L. Funk
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230288863
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (32 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Global Competition Between and Within Standards by : Jeffrey L. Funk

Download or read book Global Competition Between and Within Standards written by Jeffrey L. Funk and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-11-13 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing technology and globalization are two of the main concerns facing companies today. This book argues that the success of firms such as Ericsson and Nokia is a function of how they have managed these two areas simultaneously. The author summarises the development of the global mobile communications industry to date, examining how global standards have been established, and why particular firms have succeeded within these standards. He goes on to examine the factors that will determine the market leaders in third-generation mobile communications systems and phones, and shows how other high technology industries can benefit from the strategies used.

Gender and Human Rights in a Global, Mobile Era

Author : Laura A. Hebert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000593010
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Gender and Human Rights in a Global, Mobile Era by : Laura A. Hebert

Download or read book Gender and Human Rights in a Global, Mobile Era written by Laura A. Hebert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender and Human Rights in a Global, Mobile Era delves into feminist debates surrounding the relationship between gender and human rights through engaging feminist perspectives on the multifaceted issue of human trafficking. Building on analyses of domestic servitude, commercial sex, and labor trafficking by military contractors, and grounded in intersectional feminist cosmopolitanism and feminist theorizing on vulnerability, precarity, and ethical interdependence, Laura Hebert makes several interrelated contributions. As she explores how a feminist gender analysis illuminates the structures and norms enabling trafficking, Hebert simultaneously considers the future of feminist rights advocacy. Emphasizing the sociality of human rights, she encourages feminist scholars and activists to look beyond states as the duty-bearers of human rights and the assumption that human rights are made meaningful mainly through the establishment of legal rights at the national level. She challenges the idea that "feminism" can be reduced to advocacy on behalf of women’s rights. She also encourages critical reflection on how divisions associated with feminist politics have impeded opportunities for the building of feminist solidarities across differences aimed at the realization of the human rights of all. Strongly interdisciplinary, Gender and Human Rights in a Global, Mobile Era will be of interest to students and scholars throughout the social sciences and humanities.

GSM and UMTS

Author : Friedhelm Hillebrand
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780470843222
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (432 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis GSM and UMTS by : Friedhelm Hillebrand

Download or read book GSM and UMTS written by Friedhelm Hillebrand and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2001-11-28 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) provides a service to more than 500 million users throughout 168 countries worldwide. It is the world market leader serving 69 % of all mobile digital users and is currently evolving into UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunication System). By describing the critical decisions and the phases of the development this key text explains how the GSM initiative became a success in Europe and how it evolved to the global mobile communication system. Initially the strategy and technical specifications were agreed for Europe and the subsequent evolution to a global solution was achieved by incorporating all non-European requirements and by inviting all committed parties worldwide to participate. The process started in 1982 and the first GSM networks went into commercial service in 1992. The first UMTS networks are expected in 2002 and the fourth generation discussions have begun. * Presents a complete technical history of the development of GSM and the early evolution to UMTS * Clarifies the creation of the initial GSM second generation system in CEPT GSM, the evolution to a generation 2.5 system in ETSI SMG and the evolution to the Third Generation (UMTS) in ETSI SMG and 3GPP * Covers all of the services and system features together with the working methods and organisational aspects GSM and UMTS provides an interesting and informative read and will appeal to everyone involved in the mobile communications market needing to know how GSM and UMTS technologies evolved. The accompanying CD-ROM provides nearly 500 reference documents including reports of all standardisation plenary meetings, strategy documents, key decisions, the GSM Memorandum of Understanding and the report of the UMTS Task Force.