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Wireless Technology
- A Phone in Every Village: Taking Telecom to Rural India
Taneja, Abhinav
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- Reviews India's telecom policy and discusses guidelines and drivers for developing telecom infrastructure in India's rural areas. The author also makes recommendations for private sector investment and highlights some of the relevant technologies for telecom infrastructure build-out.
- Benchmarking Telecommunications in Developing Countries: A Poland Case Study
Kroder, Stanley L. , Ph.D.
Wilkinson, Gary F. , Ph.D.
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- The authors use benchmarking and diffusion analysis to describe the changes within the telecommunications industry in a particular region to draw conclusions about telecom policy. By benchmarking telecom, they can compare the focal country's telecom infrastructure -- in this case, Poland -- to that of other countries and draw conclusions concerning the effectiveness of its telecom policies. They also use a basic diffusion model to draw policy implications concerning the pace of telecommunications infrastructure development. In this study, they compare Poland's telecom development at several levels to both its Central and Eastern European neighbors and the European Union and draw some conclusions from their findings.
- Benchmarking Telecommunications in Developing Countries: A Poland Case Study (unabridged)
Kroder, Stanley L. , Ph.D.
Wilkinson, Gary F. , Ph.D.
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- Stan Kroder and Gary Wilkinson's unabridged article, only available electronically
- Cellular/PCS: Complement or Substitute for Wireline Telephony?
Hodges, Ray L.
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- China's Telecom Market: Change and Competition
Rehak, Alexandra
Wang, John
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- The authors analyze the trends, competition, and opportunities in China's telecommunications market and provide some forecasts of China's network development and telecom services.
- Competitive Impacts of Wireless and Cable Voice Services
Vanston, Lawrence K. , Ph.D.
Rogers, Curt
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- The authors analyze the magnitude and timing of the impact of wireless and cable competition on the LECs' wireline services, provide forecasts for some best- and worst-case scenarios and finally recommend some strategic responses for the LECs.
- Driving Forces in Wireless Data Communications
Haberkorn, Ron A. , Ph.D.
Nikolich, Paul E.
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- The authors present an overview of the market forces driving the wireless data communications industry with a particular focus on wide-area-network applications. The discussion includes an overview of the technologies, the regulatory and standards environment, and a market profile and trends.
- Interconnection Rules for Wireless Telecommunications
Davis, Vivian Witkind , Ph.D.
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- Excerpted from a recently published report from the NRRI which analyzes the complex implementation issues arising from policies that attempt simultaneously to encourage new wireless entrants into local markets and be consistent, fair, and neutral.
- Mobile Communications for the Masses: PCS in the Works
Newell, Roger P. , Esq.
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- The author examines the PCS phenomenon, gives us a run down on the big winners at the recent PCS license auction, and discusses the prospects and potential for PCS.
- Mobile Satellite Communications in Canada
Long, Murray R.
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- Discusses the characteristics and incentives to establish a domestic mobile satellite (MSAT) communications system in Canada. Included are discussions of the technology, how it differs from GEO, MEO, and LEO satellite systems, and the customer base (major users), as well as distribution and product development strategies to address the unique challenges of selling MSAT services.
- Smart Communities In Action
Jung, John G.
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- John Jung's companion article available only electronically.
- Smart Communities: Digitally-Inclined and Content-Rich
Jung, John G.
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- John Jung has previously written about the increasing role of telecommunications in any community's economic development strategy. In this latest NTQ article, he looks at the state of the smart community today. He argues that merely deploying additional wire does not make the community smart. The successful smart communities are those that are able to use the technologies of a knowledge-based economy to develop, market, and supply new products and services that are demanded both by other knowledge-based economies and by the developing markets moving in that direction.
- Southern African Regional Telecommunications: Addressing the Challenges of the 21st Century
Coakley, John
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- Global Perspective columnist John Coakley discusses the formidable challenge the 12 nations of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) face in keeping pace with the evolving global telecommunications sector. This article discusses reform efforts currently underway in these 12 nations plus the anticipated next steps in their efforts to privatize and introduce competition. Included is a table of SADC Telecom Indicators and a sidebar describing the SADC and the Regional Telecommunications Restructuring Program objective.
- Telecommunications in China: More Than Was Bargained For?
Ure, John , Ph.D.
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- Discusses the likelihood of China opening its telecom market to foreign direct investment (FDI) for funding much-needed network expansion. Included in the discussion is a review of China's telecom revenue sources and opportunities. Also included is an insightful look into the Chinese policy-making process.
- Telecommunications' Big Idea
Niles, John S.
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- John Niles argues that the primary purpose of telecommunications for society is simply where best to go depends on what you know. In other words, telecommunications facilitates a better level and mix of proximity to the people and places we care about. He discusses the individual, organizational, and social forces that shape the choice between proximity and remote interaction, including the real costs of time and travel, internal reorganization, balkanization, interest articulation and interest aggregation.
- The Art of Building Large Cellular Systems
Westin, Dan M.
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- Explores recent developments in terms of roaming capability and the expansion of cellular networks. In particular, it examines how switching systems of different vendors can work smoothly together on a local, regional, and national basis. A case history is featured to demonstrate how these factors come together for existing analog networks and digital systems coming on-line in China.
- The Continuing Expansion of World Wireless Subscribers
Shosteck, Herschel , Ph.D.
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- Three converging forces -- political, economic, and technological -- are driving continuing growth of cellular/wireless subscribers. The author presents his latest analyses and forecasts for worldwide cellular subscriber growth rates through 2000.
- The Demise of Analog Cellular
Hodges, Ray L.
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- The author analyzes and forecasts the inevitable replacement of analog cellular with digital technologies. Included in this article are Technology Futures' latest forecasts for the growth of wireless and PCS subscribers and the rate of displacement of analog with digital.
- The Economics of Wireline versus Wireless Telephone Service
Morrison, Ed
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- The author addresses the question, "Will cellular or another wireless technology provide telecommunications service to rural ratepayers at a lower cost than wireline technology?" He draws some interesting conclusions and recommendations on how to meet customer needs with "least cost" solutions.
- Tough Times for India's Cellular Carriers
Shailaja V.R.
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- The author discusses the factors underlying the current financial difficulties for India's cellular carriers. Unrealistic projections for subscriber growth and airtime usage are the primary reasons. In this article, she examines the reasons why subscriber growth and airtime usage have not developed as expected, the government response, and what the operators are doing now to survive.
- Wireless Communications and Technology Substitution: What S-Curves Reveal about Pending Cellular Competition
Shaw, James K. , Ph.D.
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- The author reviews the principal wireless technologies -- cellular, paging, PCS, and SMR -- and their emerging competitive positioning. He estimates market penetration rates, a probable time of maturity for the industry, and likely points at which some technologies will be sought as substitutes for others. Included in the article is a table citing competitive advantages and disadvantages of each of these technologies, plus charts of his estimates for 1996 through 2004.
- Wireless Local Loop in Hungary: A Case Study
Bennatan, Elli
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- Describes some of the challenges and lessons learned in the implementation of a fixed wireless telephony system in Hungary. The Hungarian national telecommunications operator required a wireless network that could provide the quality, performance, and features of competing landline systems.
- Wireless: A New World of Possibilities
Scanlon, Jack M.
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