Mobile Telecommunications in a High Speed World tells the story of 3G and higher-speed mobile communication technologies. Over ten years have passed since the first third-generation (3G) licences were awarded following debates about the merits of auctions versus 'beauty contests' then, nothing...

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...