"This book provides a comprehensive coverage of broadband deployment, diffusion, adoption, usage, and policies as they have been realized by research in many countries around the world"--Provided by publisher.

"This book provides a discussion on the latest research achievements in wireless networks and broadband technology, highlighting new trends, applications, developments, and standards"--Provided by publisher.

Even though there are various methods of access to the Internet and telephony with speeds and banwidths increasing, many consumers are not adopting the latest technologies. This book develops a conceptual model for examining consumer adoption, usage, and impact of broadband utilizing various...

Large investments have been made by various governments for the deployment of broadband within their respective nations; however, the citizens of such countries have demonstrated a slow adoption of this technology. This handbook explores broadband adoption and the digital divide through a global...

Analysis of propagation models, delay, and throughput for WiMAX in urban environments / Juan Michel García Díaz, Laura Victoria Escamilla Del Río, Omar Álvarez Cárdenas, Margarita Glenda Mayoral Baldivia -- Aperiodic ICIC-oriented CSI reporting for LTE networks / David González González,...

Economical aspects of heterogeneous networks: when money, quality, and context matter / Andreea Molnar, Cristina Hava Muntean -- Towards smarter cities and roads: a survey of clustering algorithms in VANETs / Irina Tal, Gabriel-Miro Muntean -- Resource allocation in heterogeneous broadband...

Managing organizations -- Management and control: organizational preparedness -- Understanding IT acquisitions preparedness: organizational perspectives -- Understanding IT acquisitions: associated models -- Conceptualization of IT acquisition life cycle management model -- Development of IT...

Language learning is one of the most rapidly changing disciplines. Along with changing perspectives in learning in the field of Second Language Acquisition, information communication technology (ICT) has also created many learning paths to assist the process of learning a second language (L2)....

"This book provides the basic vocabulary and managerial framework for managing strategically the IT workforce at the firm level. It also informs managers what tools and services are available to assess the skill levels of their IT workforce and job candidates. Finally, it gives different...

1. The due diligence process -- 2. Acquisition targets -- 3. Business technology trends analysis -- 4. Venture investing in wireless communications technology : the ThinAirApps Case -- 5. Enterprise investing in remote access technology : the Prudential Fox Roach/Trident Case -- 6. Venture...