| Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxii |
| History of Modern Communications | p. 1 |
| First Voice Communications | p. 2 |
| Cellular, True Mobility for the Masses | p. 5 |
| Computing Power in Mobile Communications | p. 6 |
| The Internet, A New Idea | p. 7 |
| What About the Wireless Internet? | p. 11 |
| Wireless Communications Devices | p. 13 |
| Trends in Next-Generation Mobile Communications | p. 17 |
| The Move to 2G Cellular | p. 19 |
| Onward to 2.5G and 3G | p. 20 |
| Terminal Technologies | p. 24 |
| Infrastructure Challenges | p. 25 |
| Circuit-switched vs. All-IP | p. 25 |
| Service Provisioning | p. 27 |
| Network Switch Requirements | p. 28 |
| Driving Technologies: Competing and Complementary | p. 35 |
| Cellular and PCS-based Technologies | p. 36 |
| Cellular Data Modem Technologies | p. 37 |
| CDPD Modems | p. 38 |
| Traffic Channel Modems | p. 41 |
| Short Message Service (SMS) | p. 42 |
| General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) | p. 45 |
| Application Programming Languages and Protocols | p. 47 |
| A Word About Mark-up Languages | p. 47 |
| Common Ground--XHTML | p. 50 |
| Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) | p. 51 |
| i-Mode (Compact HTML or c-HTML) | p. 55 |
| J2ME | p. 58 |
| Symbian | p. 60 |
| WinCE | p. 61 |
| PDA and Pocket PC Technologies | p. 62 |
| RIM and Blackberry | p. 62 |
| Palm | p. 63 |
| Handspring | p. 63 |
| HP | p. 64 |
| Compaq | p. 64 |
| Proprietary Networks | p. 64 |
| Ardis (DataTAC) | p. 64 |
| Ricochet | p. 64 |
| Mobitex or RAM Mobile Data | p. 65 |
| OmniSky | p. 66 |
| Wireless LANs and Personal Area Networks | p. 66 |
| Bluetooth | p. 67 |
| IEEE 802.11 | p. 68 |
| HiperLAN and HiperLAN2 | p. 71 |
| Home RF | p. 75 |
| Infrastructure Protocols and Applications | p. 76 |
| H.323 | p. 76 |
| MGCP/Megaco | p. 77 |
| Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) | p. 78 |
| The Wireless Internet Market | p. 81 |
| Internet and Broadband | p. 81 |
| Wireless Subscribers and Internet Growth | p. 85 |
| Computer Sales | p. 89 |
| Voice Interaction: Linking the Web by Voice | p. 93 |
| Market Case Studies | p. 95 |
| European and Japanese Envy | p. 95 |
| European Experience | p. 96 |
| Finland: The Land of the Midnight Sun, Reindeer, and Mobile Phones | p. 97 |
| Made in Japan: The Land of the Rising Wireless Internet | p. 98 |
| The New Generation of Customers | p. 103 |
| Teenagers Drive Wireless Internet Growth | p. 103 |
| Wireless Business Enterprise | p. 104 |
| In a Nut Shell... | p. 105 |
| Wireless Internet Applications, Services, and Access-Enabled Solutions | p. 107 |
| Access versus Applications | p. 108 |
| Application and Service Categories | p. 110 |
| Mobility Value | p. 110 |
| Adding Vision to Voice | p. 111 |
| Emerging Devices | p. 112 |
| Mobile Portals | p. 115 |
| Messaging--The First Wireless Internet Application | p. 117 |
| Personalization | p. 119 |
| Content Delivery | p. 120 |
| Personalized Communications | p. 121 |
| Mobile Electronic Mail | p. 121 |
| Instant Messaging | p. 122 |
| Electronic Calendar | p. 125 |
| Mobile Electronic Wallet | p. 126 |
| Identification or Security Access | p. 126 |
| Electronic Photo Album | p. 126 |
| News and Information | p. 128 |
| Entertainment and Lifestyle | p. 130 |
| Location-Based Services | p. 138 |
| Access and Connectivity-Enabled Solutions | p. 140 |
| Manufacturing | p. 144 |
| Telemedicine | p. 145 |
| Distance Learning | p. 147 |
| Security Video Monitoring | p. 151 |
| Billing and Security Issues | p. 153 |
| Metcalfe's Law in Reverse | p. 155 |
| Who Can I Connect With? | p. 156 |
| Universal Messaging--Have It Your Way | p. 157 |
| OK, Now Who's Going to Pay for All This? | p. 159 |
| Enter the Cash Register | p. 160 |
| M-Commerce--Security Pays Off | p. 162 |
| Security and Privacy | p. 163 |
| Data Collection | p. 164 |
| Data Storage | p. 165 |
| Data Analysis and Profiling | p. 165 |
| Personalization Goes Both Ways | p. 166 |
| Freedom of Expression | p. 167 |
| Protecting Content | p. 168 |
| Digital Rights Management | p. 168 |
| A Final Word | p. 171 |
| Communication Past and Future | p. 173 |
| Service Providers of the Future | p. 174 |
| MVNOs--Splitting the System into Transport and Marketing | p. 175 |
| Services Complement Voice | p. 178 |
| 4G Systems--Stay Tuned for 3D! | p. 180 |
| Context-Sensitive and User-Aware | p. 180 |
| Economic Power | p. 188 |
| WLANs and Bluetooth--The New Access Points | p. 188 |
| Bluetooth--Shorter Range but Lower Power Consumption | p. 190 |
| Cellular Threat or Benefit? | p. 190 |
| Changing the Role of Wireless Operators | p. 191 |
| Digital Divide--How Wireless Can Change the World | p. 192 |
| Wireless Bridges the Divide | p. 194 |
| Wireless Internet--This Time It's Personal! | p. 195 |
| Life Turns Digital | p. 195 |
| Technology Improves Social Interaction | p. 196 |
| Multimedia Messaging | p. 196 |
| Wireless Efficiency | p. 197 |
| It's All About Emotion | p. 197 |
| No, I Don't Want to See What You Did Last Summer | p. 198 |
| Eroding Emotion | p. 198 |
| Speed Influences the Volume of Communication | p. 199 |
| Real Time Adds Value | p. 199 |
| The Future of Wireless Internet is Certain--To Change! | p. 200 |
| Will the Wireless Internet Survive? | p. 200 |
| Brandwidth over Bandwidth | p. 201 |
| Appendix A | p. 203 |
| Appendix B | p. 205 |
| Glossary | p. 213 |
| Index | p. 225 |
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