Wireless Internet Crash Course

by Kikta, Roman; Fisher, Al; Courtney, Michael P.

• ISBN13: 9780071382120
• ISBN10: 0071382127
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-14
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

Cut through the hype! Industry insiders compare and contrast wireless internet technologies and make sense of it all. Softcover.

Author Biography

ROMAN KIKTA is the General Partner and co-founder of Genesis Campus, a technology business creation incubator and venture fund. Mr. Kikta has worked for leading wireless industry companies: Nokia Mobile Phones, Panasonic Communications and Systems Company, GoldStar, and OKI Telecom. Mr. Kikta is an acknowledged expert on market trends globally from anthropological, sociological, and psychological perspectives and on the role of technologies on society. He has led developments of several industry firsts including: cellular payphone, cellular in-building systems/PBX adjunct, and voice recognition dialer, in addition to several generations of mobile, transportable, and portable phone designs, features, and functions, as well as the initial product launch of PCS in the US. Mr. Roman Kikta has also co-authored other books published by McGraw-Hill on communications technologies, including DELIVERING xDSL and 3G WIRELESS DEMYSTIFIED.

AL FISHER is a Partner of Genesis Campus, a venture capital firm. Mr. Fisher is a wireless telecommunications specialist with over twenty years in engineering, manufacturing, and marketing with leading telecom equipment manufacturers, including OKI Telecom, Uniden America, and Anritsu Company. He was a co-founder and V.P. of Engineering for NET-TEL Technologies, Inc., a Research & Development firm specializing in biometric security with wireless devices and computer networks and served as President of Concept Technologies, a design consulting firm. Mr. Fisher has served on several TIA and ANSI committees, chairing several subcommittees, and served as a member of the Advisory Committee for Penton Publishing technical programs on Wireless Internet. He has presented several technical seminars in the United States and internationally, and also authgored several articles in technical journals. Mr. Fisher is a co-holder for patents in secured access using biometrics and an interactive messaging and programming system using in-band signaling and voice recognition technology. He received his BS degree from Drexel University.

MICHAEL COURTNEY is a Partner with Genesis Campus, a technology business creation incubator and venture fund. Mr. Courtney has over twelve years of experience in Marketing Research and Business Development in financial and telecommunications industries. Mike has conducted extensive market research to test new product and service concepts, demand, positioning, and pricing for companies such as AT&T, Lucent, Nortel, Ericsson, and Nokia. Mr. Courtney has extensive knowledge of telecommunications infrastructure, wireless devices, and emerging technologies. Mr. Courtney has been involved with product and concept development of technologies including wireless instant messaging, Bluetooth, Java, WAP, Biometrics, and mobile payment systems. He is a frequent seminar leader and speaker at corporate, industry and academic events. He has B.S. degree in Business Administration from State University of New York and a Masters of Marketing Research from the University of Georgia at Athens.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

PART ONE: HISTORY OF MODERN COMMUNICATIONS

Chapter 1: First Voice Communications

Chapter 2: Cellular, True Mobility for the Masses

Chapter 3: Computing Power in Mobile Communications

Chapter 4: The Internet, A New Idea

Chapter 5: What About the Wireless Internet?

Chapter 6: Wireless Communications Devices

Chapter 7: Trends in Next-Generation Mobile Communications

Chapter 8: Terminal Technologies

Chapter 9: Infrastructure Challenges

PART TWO: DRIVING TECHNOLOGIES: COMPETING AND COMPLEMENTARY

Chapter 1: Cellular and PCS-Based Technologies

Chapter 2: Cellular Data Modem Technologies

Chapter 3: Application Programming Languages and Protocols

Chapter 4: PDA and Pocket PC Technologies

Chapter 5: Proprietary Networks

Chapter 6: Wireless LANs and Personal Area Networks

Chapter 7: Infrastructure Protocols and Applications

PART THREE: THE WIRELESS INTERNET MARKET

Chapter 1: Internet and Broadband

Chapter 2: Wireless Subscribers and Internet Growth

Chapter 3: Computer Sales

Chapter 4: Voice Interaction: Linking the Web by Voice

Chapter 5: Market Case Studies

Chapter 6: The New Generation of Customers

Chapter 7: In a Nut Shell...

PART FOUR: WIRELESS INTERNET APPLICATIONS, SERVICES, AND ACCESS-ENABLED SOLUTIONS

Chapter 1: Access versus Applications

Chapter 2: Mobility Value

Chapter 3: Adding Vision to Voice

Chapter 4: Emerging Devices

Chapter 5: Mobile Portals

Chapter 6: Messaging--The First Wireless Internet Application

Chapter 7: Personalization

Chapter 8: Content Delivery

Chapter 9: Personalized Communications

PART FIVE: BILLING AND SECURITY ISSUES

Chapter 1: Metcalfe's Law in Reverse

Chapter 2: Who Can I Connect With?

Chapter 3: Universal Messaging--Have It Your Way

Chapter 4: OK, Now Who's Going to Pay for All This?

Chapter 5: M-Commerce--Security Pays Off

Chapter 6: Protecting Content

Chapter 7: A Final Word

PART SIX: COMMUNICATION PAST AND FUTURE

Chapter 1: Service Providers of the Future

Chapter 2: Services Complement Voice

Chapter 3: 4G Systems--Stay Tuned for 3D!

Chapter 4: Context-Sensitive and User-Aware

Chapter 5: Economic Power

Chapter 6: WLANs abd Bluetooth--The New Access Points

Chapter 7: Changing the Role of Wireless Operators

Chapter 8: Digital Divide--How Wireless Can Change the World

Chapter 9: Wireless Internet--This Time It's Personal!

Chapter 10: Multimedia Messaging

Chapter 11: Wireless Efficiency

Chapter 12: The Future of Wireless Internet is Certain--To Change!

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

Glossary

Index