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Job 38:35 pr.qxd 8/30/04 2:41 PM Page vi Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Contents Introduction xv Information Portal / xvi Back to Me / xvii I, Telecom Junkie / xviii 1. On the Menu—Telecom Services 1 1.1 End of the Line for Wireline? / 2 1.2 The Broadband World / 3 1.2.1 Broadband Over Power Lines / 4 1.3 The Upcoming Mobile Stall / 5 1.4 Fourth-Generation Mobile Service / 6 1.5 Modular Components / 7 1.6 A Considerate Telephone / 8 1.7 E-Mail Leads to Instant Messaging / 9 1.8 Fun and Games / 13 1.9 Flying Phone Service / 14 1.10 Speech Integration / 15 1.11 Telemedicine / 19 1.11.1 Health Monitoring / 20 1.11.2 Small Clinics/Hospitals / 21 1.11.3 Monitoring on the Road / 22 vii pr.qxd 8/30/04 2:41 PM Page vii Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com [...]... 1964 and 1965 INFORMATION PORTAL By plan, the Bell System Pavilion was designed to serve as an information portal to the Third Great Telecom Revolution (The first two telecom revolutions were launched in the mid- and late-19th century by the creation of, respectively, the global telegraph and telephone networks.) The exhibits included a full-scale replica of the first Telstar communications satellite,... off the shelf or to tweak existing elements of the service The team would then be free to concentrate on developing the product’s features “This approach, we believe, will become common in mobile telecommunications over the next few years,” notes the study “Judging by the results achieved in other industries, mobile operators could reduce the time to market of a new product by 30 percent and cut the. .. rare because speedy growth ruled the telecom industry during the boom years of the late 1990s, when companies had neither the time nor the inclination to consider which software components could be reused in other products The quickest way to get out new offerings was to patch the existing architecture by forging connections between whatever systems immediately needed them The result was an increasingly... over the next few years, leading to attractive price points and inventive services In the past, cable MSOs and consumer electronics vendors have had a disconnect in the way that they have offered services and products to consumers “There always existed the ‘chicken or the egg’ arguments as to whether consumers should buy the products first based on the product’s standalone features, or should the products... services Although many people complain about today’s chaotic telecom market, they probably don’t remember the limited, high-priced communications options that were available before the telecom boom of the 1980s and 1990s Telecom will continue to advance at a furious pace over the next couple of decades Even the humble home telephone, a mainstay since the days of Alexander Graham Bell, will likely disappear,... vital statistics To illustrate the problem, the McKinsey report offers the example of a mobile device restaurant finder An operator developing such a product starts by defining its characteristics, how to deliver the information to the subscriber (such as SMS, the Multimedia Messaging Service or the mobile Internet), and a pricing scheme The programmers then work on creating the applications, databases,... of pocket-sized mobile phones, the Internet, GPS, satellite TV, and all of the other fantastic technologies that are now an integral part of daily life Now, even more exciting telecom technologies are on the way Although the first years of the 21st century have been tough for the telecom industry— with bankruptcies, corporate scandals, and falling stock prices filling the headlines—research hasn’t stopped... may prevent the technology from leaving the ground.” 1.10 SPEECH INTEGRATION Speech integration is the technology that adds voice services to enterprise phone systems and Web sites The speech recognition market has suffered along with the entire telecommunications industry during the past few years, but the market now appears to be poised for renewed growth “There are several signs that the speech recognition... 931 million new subscribers over the next 5 years By 2007, the total worldwide wireless population will exceed two billion subscribers A recent report issued by In-Stat/MDR finds that, although China continues to lead the world in overall subscriber growth, the new percentage growth leaders can be found in Southern Asia and Southeast Asia “It is rather remarkable that the fastest numerically growing... already be happening in light of the fact that the number of U.S residential phone lines has been falling since 2001.) Ultimately, people will probably have one phone and one phone number that they’ll use both at home and on the road (and they’ll take it with them wherever they travel in the world) In many respects, today’s telephone service is little changed from the technology our grandparents used . information portal to the Third Great Telecom Revolution. (The first two telecom revolu- tions were launched in the mid- and late-19th century by the creation of, respectively, the global telegraph. Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Edwards, John. Telecosmos : the next great telecom revolution / John Edwards. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-471-65533-3 (pbk.) 1. Telecommunication—Technological. Simpo PDF Merge and Split Unregistered Version - http://www.simpopdf.com Telecosmos The Next Great Telecom Revolution John Edwards A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. PUBLICATION pr.qxd 10/4/04