<i>'. . . this book is a great reference tool for those involved in telecommunications. The macroeconomic aspects of how different entities affected the development of worldwide standards are addressed as well and make for interesting case studies.'</i>

- Maike van Wijk, Business Information Alert,

This book examines the 'new' areas of telecommunications technology, focusing particularly on fixed data communications (including the internet) and mobile telecommunications (including the mobile internet). A sectoral systems of innovation approach is used as a conceptual framework for the analysis of the telecommunications sector, in terms of equipment, access and content.

The authors consider the emergence and expansion of new technologies and explore how the sectoral system of innovation is evolving and how previously independent systems are now converging. In particular, they address the question of equipment production and the provision of intangible service products such as internet access and content. By addressing the production of both goods and services, they highlight the critical interdependence of service innovations and manufacturing innovations.

Some of the specific topics discussed within the book include:


  • the challenges for Europe of fixed data communications
  • second and third generation mobile telecommunications systems
  • data communication via satellite and television subsystems
  • the dynamics and trends of the internet services industry
  • policy implications for the future of the telecommunications sectoral system of innovation.

The book is a comprehensive theoretical, empirical and policy oriented account of the emergence and evolution of the sectoral system of innovation of the internet and mobile telecommunications. It will be an invaluable source of reference for academic researchers and policymakers in the fields of macroeconomics, industrial economics and innovation, as well as consultants and firms operating in the communications industry.

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This book examines the `new’ areas of telecommunications technology, focusing particularly on fixed data communications (including the internet) and mobile telecommunications (including the mobile internet).
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Contents: Preface 1. The Fixed Internet and Mobile Telecommunications Sectoral System of Innovation: Equipment, Access and Content 2. Fixed Data Communications: Challenges for Europe 3. The Global System for Mobile Telecommunications (GSM): Second Generation 4. The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS): Third Generation 5. Data Communication: Satellite and TV Subsystems 6. The Internet Services Industry: Sectoral Dynamics of Innovation and Production 7. The Internet Services Industry: Country-specific Trends in the UK, Italy and Sweden 8. Policy Implications for the Future of the Sectoral System Abbreviations Index
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ISBN
9781843762324
Publisert
2003-01-29
Utgiver
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd; Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
288

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Edited by Charles Edquist, Professor, CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden