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Access Strategies for Communication Service Providers
Kumar, Balaji
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Addresses an important component of the network -- access to the customer -- which is currently the bottleneck in providing a wide range of services in a cost-effective way. A broadband access architecture that is capable of providing both broadband and narrowband services is outlined for each of the various service providers.

Antidote to the Anytime, Anywhere, Anything Syndrome
Niles, John S.
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Associate Editor John Niles summarizes and comments on a new book from authors Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin entitled Telecommunications and the City, a definitive analysis of how "electronic spaces and urban places" coexist and grow together. The authors explore the relationship between urbanization trends and the technology of telecommunications.

Anytime, Anywhere Communication: An Update
Weinman, Richard , Ph.D.
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This excellent essay was originally published in the 4Q94 issue of NTQ. Because the topic is still very relevant and timely to developments in the telecom industry, we decided to reprint it with some updated material. The author discusses the power and consequences of freedom of choice as our society transforms itself socially, culturally, politically, and economically from an industrial age to the age of the "telecosm," where ideas and information are distributed through cyberspace.

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.

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