Brave New Unwired World

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A whirlwind tour through the exciting landscape opening up arounddigital wireless communication In The Brave New Unwired World, the CEO of one of today's hottestwireless businesses explores the latest thinking and trends in theexciting world of digital wireless communication and boldlypredicts the future of this hot new field. He acquaints readerswith the amazing technologies involved and the no less amazingprofit opportunities opening up around them. Drawing upon hisunique access to top management at Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola,Verizon, IBM, Cisco, Psion, Microsoft, and other key players, heprofiles those who are vying to be among the first to cash in onthe wireless revolution while holding their own against brilliantupstarts, government regulation, and the threat of extinction bycompetitors who appear from virtually nowhere, at any moment.

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Alex Lightman

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Business & Management Business Technology Informationstechnik Mobile Telekommunikation Unternehmenstechnologie Wirtschaft u. Management

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"...a thoroughly researched and technical piece..." (InformationAge, July 2002) "...a timely and valuable introduction to the fourth generationof cellular networks..." (Infoconomy, 1 July 2002) "an interesting insight into the potential future of wirelesstechnology and communications. It's offered with authority andpassion..." (M2 Best Books, 15 August 2002)"Wireless is the next thing you should have understood yesterday.In this extraordinary book, rich with lucid explanations of a broadrange of technology, Lightman crafts a map that will make theimportance and difference of wireless make sense. If allowed byregulators, and freed from dinosaurs, wireless could fuel the nextInternet revolution. This book shows how." --Larry Lessig,Professor, Stanford Law School and Author of Code and TheFuture of Ideas "This is a must read book for anyone involved in the convergenceof computing and telecommunications" --Satjiv Chahil, ChiefMarketing Officer, Palm, Inc. "Brave New Unwired World is a mind opener for everyreader, with a huge collection of facts and thoughts presented in afascinating way. Buckle up and enjoy the ride." --SharonCarmel, Co-Founder, Emblaze Systems "Courageous subject, courageous book, written by a verycourageous entrepreneur." --Phil Garfinkle, Founder ofPictureVision (AOL's You've Got Pictures), adVenture Capitalist,Entrepreneur Brave New Unwired World offers a compelling andinsightful look at the future of communication, the emergence of 4GNetworks and the radical impact that new communication-basedtechnologies will have on our personal and professional lives.--Douglas Ingram, Daedalus Venture Group "Even people who don't venture beyond the past will be magicallyteleported into the future under the spell of this time warpingwork. At the outer limits of our understanding oftelecommunication, Lightman sets off a flare and suddenly the lastmile comes into searing focus" --Tony Dolz, Director, State ofCalifornia Center for International Business Development "A thorough and compelling study, filled with fascinating factsand personalities. Lightman knows his stuff, Brave New UnwiredWorld is essential reading for the people who will resurrecttelecommunications and IT and shape the 21st century. --GregBear, Author of Darwin's Radio "Lightman and Rojas combine a dizzying array of fields and factsto provide commentary on some of the fundamental issues that willbe facing the next generations of information technology.Opinionated and thought-provoking, Brave New Unwired Worldprovides a perspective that, until now, only a few have seen."--Thad Starner, Ph.D., Professor, Georgia Tech "Mr. Lightman, one of the more engaging of the entrepreneurialspirits of the 1990s, has returned with a trenchant argument forwhat the future of communications will look like: it will be basedon people, not places, it will be wireless, the devices will bewearable and very cheap, and the network to which they are attachedwill be like electricity: ubiquitous, invisible, and always on. Ohbrave new world!" --Jason Pontin, Editor, Red Herringmagazine "From 1G to 4G, from Moore's Law to Metcalf's Law, Lightman'sBave New Unwired World is worth the read just for thecomprehensive historical perspective on the technologicalrevolution over the last half of the last century. But you getmore: a thorough orientation on where this is all likely to go inthe early decades of the new milleneum, including not only possibleroadmaps for 2.5G and beyond, but useful insights into the roles ofJapan and China." --Arnold Pollard, Vice-Chairman, ChiefExecutive Group
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