Business strategies for the next-generation network
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[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
/ Nigel Seel
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boca Raton
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: Auerbach Publications,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 298 p. , ill. , 25 cm.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Electronic
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- Technology -- The strange death of broadband ISDN -- The next-generation network and IMS -- The next-generation network and TV -- The next-generation network and IT systems -- Transformation -- Bureaucracy and treacle -- Telecoms market structure -- Choosing the right people -- Case study: a transformation program -- Business and technology issues -- Worrying about Skype -- Spectrum auctions -- The trial of Rete Populi -- Machines who talk -- Business strategies -- NGN strategies for incumbents -- NGN strategies for alternative network operators -- NGN strategies for capturing the consumer market -- Conclusions.