Cordless Telecommunications Worldwide

Cordless Telecommunications Worldwide describes the emergence of the global unlicensed PCS industry from initial developments in Europe to subsequent activities in Asia and America. This is related to the dynamic panorama of development, both in the available technology and in the market, which has occurred worldwide. Contributions from key industry players include: Evolution of the Cordless Telephone (unlicensed PCS) Market Applications; Standards Development Worldwide; New Digital Standard Products; Cordless Technology; Future Evolution of Cordless Telecommunications; Descriptions of Technical Standards including CT2, DECT, PHS, WCPE, and PACS. Comprehensive coverage of these issues will provide both managers and analysts in the telecommunications industry with valuable insights into and understanding of the market, the technologies and their interaction as well as likely future developments.

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Cordless Telecommunications Worldwide describes the emergence of the global unlicensed PCS industry from initial developments in Europe to subsequent activities in Asia and America. This is related to the dynamic panorama of development, both in the available technology and in the market, which has occurred worldwide. Contributions from key industry players include: Evolution of the Cordless Telephone (unlicensed PCS) Market Applications; Standards Development Worldwide; New Digital Standard Products; Cordless Technology; Future Evolution of Cordless Telecommunications; Descriptions of Technical Standards including CT2, DECT, PHS, WCPE, and PACS. Comprehensive coverage of these issues will provide both managers and analysts in the telecommunications industry with valuable insights into and understanding of the market, the technologies and their interaction as well as likely future developments.

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I: Markets and Applications.- 1 The Cordless Market.- 2 The Wireless Private Automatic Branch Exchange.- 3 Telepoint in Europe.- 4 Telepoint in Asia.- 5 Cordless in the Local Loop.- 6 Cordless Terminal Mobility.- II: Standardisation and Industry Development.- 7 Cordless Standards in Europe.- 8 UPCS Standards in the USA.- 9 Standards Development in Japan.- 10 Industry Development and Products.- III: Technology.- 11 Audio Techniques.- 12 The Radio Channel.- 13 Cordless Access Networks.- 14 Cordless Data and Multimedia.- 15 Handset Architectures and Implementation.- 16 Future Evolution of Cordless Systems.- IV: Technical Standards.- 17 CT2 Common Air Interface.- 18 The Personal Communications Interface, PCI.- 19 The DECT Specifications.- 20 The DECT Access Profiles.- 21 Personal Wireless Telecommunications, PWT.- 22 The PACS-UB Standard.- 23 The PHS Standard.- 24 The PACS-UA Standard.- 25 The Orthogonal CDMA Wireless Telephone System.- 26 The Composite CDMA/TDMA Standard, CCT.- Glossary of Acronyms.- Contributors' Biographies.