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Although telecom companies are battling for survival, technology is moving forward. In research laboratories around the world, powerful new technologies are being developed that will shape tomorrow's communications world. Telecosmos will look at the many different telecom concepts that will be adopted by both consumers and businesses in the years ahead.

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An insider's guide to the exciting future of telecommunications

The last great telecommunications revolution brought us fiber optics, mobile phones, videoconferencing, and a host of other innovations that improved life and business and connected individuals in ways never imagined. Now emerging technologies such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless networks, and Web videoconferencing are poised to become tremendous, society-altering forces.

Telecosmos: The Next Great Telecom Revolution offers a fascinating preview of the exciting new telecom technologies currently under development and the impact they will have across a broad range of industries, from medicine to data storage, security to energy, transportation to communication. Engagingly written by one of the nation's most prolific authors on the subject of technology, the book gives you firsthand information and predictions from the movers and shakers in the telecom industry. The book covers hundreds of innovative telecom concepts that will become available to businesses and consumers in the years to come, including: -Cognitive software -Wearable computers
-Chip implants -Tele-medicine
-Smart roads -Vehicular telematics
-Home automation -Speech-controlled prosthetics

Telecosmos is both an informative and fascinating read for technical professionals, business managers, and potential investors looking to explore up-and-coming business opportunities, and offers an important resource for managers who want to be prepared for the next great telecommunications revolution.

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Title Telecosmos: The Next Great Telecom Revolution
Author John Edwards
Binding Paperback
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 256
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken, NJ
Publication date 2004-10-29
Features Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780471655336 / 0471655333
Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
Dimensions 9 x 6.16 x 0.53 in (22.86 x 15.65 x 1.35 cm)
Category Technology & Industrial Arts
Library of Congress subjects Telecommunication - Technological innovations, Electronic apparatus and appliances -
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004048081
Dewey Decimal Code 621.382

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Choice, 03/01/2005, Page 1257

About the author

JOHN EDWARDS is a professional writer who specializes in writing about computers, networks, mobile devices, biotechnology, and related topics for a wide range of publications, corporations, research firms, and trade organizations. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Newsday, CIO, CFO, Men's Health, American Way, Oracle Magazine, Electronic Business, Upside, Wireless Week, Laptop Magazine, and PC Magazine. The author of several books, including The Law Office Guide to Small Computers, Mr. Edwards has also written articles and white papers for such prestigious organizations as the Economist Intelligence Unit, the IEEE Computer Society, the National Association of Broadcasters, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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