Product Description

Translate broadband wireless mumbo-jumbo into clear business terms

No guide tackles and clarifies the chaotic acronym-ridden world of broadband wireless better than Wireless Broadband Handbook. Best-selling telecom author Regis "Bud" Bates has the formula to give you the "instant expertise" you need to compete and win in this rapidly advancing area. He asks the logical, business-based questions that are important to you about this hot new technology, and he provides the answers-- minus the techspeak. You'll find product photos and descriptions and analysis of key systems and options for profitable business, technical, and career decision making. You get lucid information on:

* Applications and implementations of technologies
* Regulatory and standards developments
* Generic pricing and business models
* LMDS/MMDS/WAP/GPRS
* Wireless IP
* GSM around the world
* What's going on with WAP
* What changes to expect from 3G (and why it is sometimes called UMTS)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #748414 in Books
• Published on: 2001-07-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 500 pages

Review
"Five Star Amazon Customer Review: Broadband Telecommunications HB -- Excellent resource! Very well written and thorough. Most of my customers are in the telecom/datacom field. I was very happy that I chanced upon this book. It goes through the end user's perspective, the IS/IT staff's perspective and what's the typical decision process to make sure the design is appropriate and excellent description of each technology. It helps in sounding more intelligent in front of my customers as well as better service.

From the Back Cover
UNDERSTANDING--AND SURVIVING THE WIRELESS EXPLOSION JUST GOT A LOT EASIER!

With the wireless broadband market expected to surge from $1.8 billion this year to more than $13 billion by the year 2003, understanding and learning the basics of the new broadband technologies fast may soon be a matter of survival rather than choice. And best-selling author Regis "Bud" Bates--whose earlier books are telecom classics--has exactly the right approach, sytle, and real-world experience to help anyone working in or around the wireless communications industry do just that.

In WIRELESS BROADBAND HANDBOOK, "Bud" asks the logical, business-based questions that are important to you about this hot new technology:

* What is it?
* What do I need to know about it?
* What is it going to do for me?
* How much is it going to cost me?

And he provides the answers--in a straightforward, jargon-free way. You'll find descriptions and analysis of key systems and options minus the techspeak and with the surety of an expert who knows how to help you make profitable business, technical, and career decisions.

WIRELESS BROADBAND HANDBOOK provides clear, plain-English discussion of:
* Applications and implementations of technologies
* Regulatory and standards development
* Generic pricing and business models
* LMDS/MMDS/WAP/GPRS
* Wireless IP
* GSM around the world
* What's going on with WAP
* What changes to expect from 3G (and why is it sometimes called UMTS) ... along with product photos and descriptions

There's no other guide that tackles and clarifies the chaotic acronym-ridden world of broadband wireless like WIRELESS BROADBAND HANDBOOK ... and no other author but Regis "Bud" Bates has the formula to give you the "instant expertise" you need to compete and win in this rapidly advancing field.

About the Author
Mr. Bates has more than 35 years of experience in telecommunications and information systems. He oversees the overall operation of TC International Consulting, Inc. (TCIC) of Phoenix, Arizona. TCIC is a full-service management consulting organization that specializes in designing and integrating information technologies. TC International Consulting leads the pack in strategic development and implementation of new technologies for carriers and corporations alike.

Bud's experience has served in major network designs from local area networks (LANs) to wide area networks (WANs) using high-quality, all-digital transmission services: T1, T3, and SONET/SDH. His studies and recommendations have resulted in significant financial savings. One project included the design and implementation of a Frame Relay network that spanned over 14 countries and 80 locations. This project resulted in huge monthly savings while preserving sub-second response times across the network.

His articles have been published in NETWORK WORLD, INFORMATION WEEK, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, and others. He has authored numerous books published by McGraw-Hill and Artech House. His recent published books--VOICE AND DATA COMMUNICATIONS, Third Edition and the BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS HANDBOOK--are on McGraw-Hill's 2000 bestseller list. But also develops and conducts various public seminars throughout the world, ranging from managerial overviews to very technical instructions on voice, data, and LAN communications. He spends much of his time working with the major telecommunciations manufacturers in training their staff members on the innovations of technology and the convergence of voice and data networks for the future. Many of his materials are used throughout the higher education institutions in certification and graduate-level classes in telecommunications management.

Customer Reviews

The basics
If you do not have any technical experience in wireless and you are looking to get a grasp on the basic technology, applications, and market, I would recommend this book. Sit down read it through quickly then move on. If you have moderate wireless experience and are trying to get caught up on 2.5G and 3G technology and standards, this is NOT the book.

Beyond this point, I found that Bates repeated the same information time and time again without any new twist. I can not say that I will forget what he had to say, but he did not enrich the information. He also prognosticates based upon inspiration without any facts. After the latest "hockey stick market" bust, I would be careful basing any demand and penetration projections on historical information.

Finally, do not use the table of contents as an indicator of the depth of this book (like I did).

Recommended for technical and non-technical people.
This book covers broad range of wireless topics in a handbook
format. Naturally there is no deep analysis of any topic and
no mathematics inside. The book is not 500 pages but only 384
pages. Some parts of the book and some figures directly come
from the author's another famous book named "Broadband
Telecommunications Handbook" by the same publisher.

I recommend this book for technical people to refresh their
knowledge and to have updated information on today's wireless
technologies. This book would be suitable also for non-technical
people in telecom field to have a general overview. There are
some errors in the book as usual but can be ignored. Some
descriptions are not cristal clear like the one on CDMA and
could have been better. It is an easy reading good book after
all and wellcomes to any technical library.