Gain a thorough understanding of the dynamics of today's mobile telecommunications standards with this unique new resource. The book examines the development and adoption trajectories of major European standards, such as UMTS, GSM, ERMES, and TETRA. It presents a framework that analyzes the factors that influenced each standard 's level of success, and includes the most-comprehensive case studies on these standards. You get detailed coverage of European mobile telecommunications regulations, policies and practices of standardization bodies like the ETSI and ITU, the economics of telecommunications standards, and the use of intellectual property rights. Easily understandable, even without a technical background, the book examines the prospects for the various standards in the field, the emerging network economy and what it means for telecommunications, and how to participate successfully in the development of standards.
Introduction. Early Telecommunications Developments and Market Structures. Relations Between Actors in the PTT Era. Telecommunications Policy and Regulation in the EC. The Institutional Setting for Standardization. The Economics of Compatibility Standards. Intellectual Property Rights and Standards. Analysis of the Cases. Conclusions and Discussion. Case Study: The Second-Generation Mobile Telephony Standard GSM. Case Study: The Digital Mobile Radio Standard TETRA. Case Study: The High-Speed Paging Standard ERMES. Case Study: The Third-Generation Mobile Telephony Standard UMTS. Appendices. Acronyms. Chronological List of EC Legislation and Communications. References.
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Rudi Bekkers
Rudi Bekkers received a Ph.D. for a study on the success and failures of European standards for mobile communications at Eindhoven University of Technology. He also holds a B.Sc. in electrical engineering and an M.Sc. in technology and society. Dr. Bekkers is the co-author of Mobile Telecommunications: Standards, Regulation, and Applications (Artech House, 1999).