Chapter1: Technology -- Chapter 2: LTE Cases -- Chapter3: The USA -- Chapter 4: India, Russia and the UK -- Chapter 5: Europe -- Chapter 6: Asia-Pacific -- Chapter 7: Africa, Middle East and the Americas -- Chapter 8: Conclusions from Case Studies -- Chapter 9: Making Usage of Superfast Connectivity

Based upon the very latest data available, the underlying premise of the book is that mobile telecommunications is such a fast-moving sector that operators are obliged to alter their international strategies as circumstances unravel without necessarily having a long-term master plan, and hence...

ch. 1. High-speed data transmission -- ch. 2. Spectrum issues -- ch. 3. Licensing of high-speed data networks -- ch. 4. High-speed data network launches -- ch. 5. Characterizing data services -- ch. 6. Issues in mobile industry structure : vendors -- ch. 7. The iPhone : a case study of...

Based upon the very latest data available, the underlying premise of the book is that mobile telecommunications is such a fast-moving sector that operators are obliged to alter their international strategies as circumstances unravel without necessarily having a long-term master plan, and hence...

The telecommunications industry is often described as being a global industry. However, the fact that it exists throughout the globe does not necessarily imply that its constituent companies are individually global in their operations. So far, little interest has been expressed in determining...

During the past decade, no industry has grown faster than that of mobile communications, yet coverage of its operations remains scarce. This state-of-the-art book examines the evolving structure and strategic behaviour of the thirty largest operators in the mobile communications industry.

After decades of liberalization of the telecommunications industry around the world and technological convergence that allows for increasing competition, sector-specific regulation of telecommunications has been on the decline. As a result, the telecommunications industry stands in the middle of...

In recent times, there has been much discussion about structural changes taking place on the mobile front in Europe and the USA but rather little on developments elsewhere. However, it is in Latin America and Africa where the structure of the mobile sector has recently been undergoing the most...

This paper focuses on new entrants within the European mobile telecommunications industry. More particularly, the paper identifies those new entrants that emerged from the third-generation (3G) licensing process across Europe before examining how they have fared. Four operators seeking to become...