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More About This Title Brave New Unwired World: The Digital Big Bang andthe Infinite Internet
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WILLIAM ROJAS is a director and founder of William Benton & Associates, Ltd., a Hong Kong-based business development and industry research consulting firm assisting companies in constructing business strategies in the IT/telecoms/Internet sectors. Over the last five years, Rojas has provided strategic, business development, market research, and systems engineering consulting services for a number of world-class firms, including Ascend/Lucent, Cisco, British Telecom, Hong Kong Land, NEC, Omron, Mitsubishi Corporation, the Japan Import Export Bank, and the National Bank of Ukraine. He is also a contributing senior telecoms analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit, specializing in the Japanese telecommunications industry. Rojas has worked for a number of large firms, including General Electric, IBM, Reuters, and Nomura Research Institute.
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Acknowledgments.
PART I: INTRODUCTION.
The Path to 4G: Major Technology Trends to Watch.
PART II: THE WIRELESS MARKET.
A Brief History of the Cellular Industry--1975 to 2001.
Radio Spectrum -
Managing a Scarce Resource.
Digital Signal Processors.
2.5 G Systems: An Interim Solution.
The Wireless Internet Services.
Third Generation Systems.
PART III: PERVASIVE COMPUTING.
The Incredible Shrinking Computer.
The Power of Network.
Molecular Scale Electronics and Quantum Computing.
The Digital Big Bang, Quantum MEchanics, and the Cosmos.
Wearable Computers and Wireless Ubiquitous Computers.
The Planetary Computer.
PART IV: A RECIPE FOR SOLUTIONS.
4G Network.
Choosing Computer Technologies for 4G.
Solution of the Air-Interface for 4G.
The 4G Personal Communicator: Star Trek Technology 400 Years Early.
4G Portals: Wireless AOLs.
PART V: CASE STUDIES: FIXED WIRELESS, JAPAN, AND CHINA.
Broadband Fixed Wireless Access.
NTT DoCoMo--Crouching 4G Tiger;
Sony--Hidden Dragon.
Why China will Adopt 4G.
Conclusion.
Index.
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"...a timely and valuable introduction to the fourth generation of cellular networks..." (Infoconomy, 1 July 2002)
"an interesting insight into the potential future of wireless technology and communications. It's offered with authority and passion..." (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 broad range of technology, Lightman crafts a map that will make the importance and difference of wireless make sense. If allowed by regulators, and freed from dinosaurs, wireless could fuel the next Internet revolution. This book shows how." —Larry Lessig, Professor, Stanford Law School and Author of Code and The Future of Ideas"This is a must read book for anyone involved in the convergence of computing and telecommunications" —Satjiv Chahil, Chief Marketing Officer, Palm, Inc.
"Brave New Unwired World is a mind opener for every reader, with a huge collection of facts and thoughts presented in a fascinating way. Buckle up and enjoy the ride." —Sharon Carmel, Co-Founder, Emblaze Systems
"Courageous subject, courageous book, written by a very courageous entrepreneur." —Phil Garfinkle, Founder of PictureVision (AOL's You've Got Pictures), adVenture Capitalist, Entrepreneur
Brave New Unwired World offers a compelling and insightful look at the future of communication, the emergence of 4G Networks and the radical impact that new communication-based technologies will have on our personal and professional lives. —Douglas Ingram, Daedalus Venture Group
"Even people who don't venture beyond the past will be magically teleported into the future under the spell of this time warping work. At the outer limits of our understanding of telecommunication, Lightman sets off a flare and suddenly the last mile comes into searing focus" —Tony Dolz, Director, State of California Center for International Business Development
"A thorough and compelling study, filled with fascinating facts and personalities. Lightman knows his stuff, Brave New Unwired World is essential reading for the people who will resurrect telecommunications and IT and shape the 21st century. —Greg Bear, Author of Darwin's Radio
"Lightman and Rojas combine a dizzying array of fields and facts to provide commentary on some of the fundamental issues that will be facing the next generations of information technology. Opinionated and thought-provoking, Brave New Unwired World provides 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 entrepreneurial spirits of the 1990s, has returned with a trenchant argument for what the future of communications will look like: it will be based on people, not places, it will be wireless, the devices will be wearable and very cheap, and the network to which they are attached will be like electricity: ubiquitous, invisible, and always on. Oh brave new world!" —Jason Pontin, Editor, Red Herring magazine
"From 1G to 4G, from Moore's Law to Metcalf's Law, Lightman's Bave New Unwired World is worth the read just for the comprehensive historical perspective on the technological revolution over the last half of the last century. But you get more: a thorough orientation on where this is all likely to go in the early decades of the new milleneum, including not only possible roadmaps for 2.5G and beyond, but useful insights into the roles of Japan and China." —Arnold Pollard, Vice-Chairman, Chief Executive Group
