Internet and mobile telecommunications system of innovation: developments in equipment, cases and content

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Northhampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2003

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9781843762324

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Wireless Internet

Wireless communication systems

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Edquist, Charles, 1947-

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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). 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.

Author Notes

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

Charles EdquistCharles EdquistBent Dalum and Gert VillumsenLeif Hommen and Esa ManninenLeif HommenBent DalumNicoletta CorrocherNicoletta CorrocherCharles Edquist

List of Figures	p. viii
List of Tables	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xii
1. The Fixed Internet and Mobile Telecommunications Sectoral System of Innovation: Equipment, Access and Content	p. 1
1. Introduction	p. 1
2. Systems of Innovation	p. 1
3. Sectoral Systems of Innovation and System Boundaries	p. 6
4. The Mobile Telecommunications and Fixed Internet Sectoral System of Innovation	p. 10
2. Fixed Data Communications: Challenges for Europe	p. 40
1. Introduction	p. 40
2. Stylized Features of 'Classical' Telephone Networks	p. 41
3. Transformation of the 'Classical': Interaction between the Equipment Industry and Incumbent Operators	p. 43
4. The Internet--Radical Changes in Standardization Procedures	p. 45
5. ATM and IP--Competition or Convergence? Or Co-evolution of Two Standards?	p. 46
6. Structure of the Data Communications Hardware Industry	p. 49
7. Internet Access Technologies	p. 51
8. The 'Acquisition Spree' of the Late 1990s	p. 53
9. Turmoil in 2001 and Challenges for Europe	p. 57
3. The Global System for Mobile Telecommunications (GSM): Second Generation	p. 71
1. Introduction	p. 71
2. Historical Overview	p. 72
3. Technical Characteristics	p. 74
4. Related Systems and Standards	p. 79
5. Public-Sector Actors	p. 89
6. Private-Sector Actors	p. 99
7. Main Outcomes	p. 109
8. Conclusions	p. 117
4. The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS): Third Generation	p. 129
1. Introduction	p. 129
2. Historical Overview	p. 130
3. Technical Characteristics	p. 131
4. Related Systems and Standards	p. 138
5. Public-Sector Actors	p. 145
6. Private-Sector Actors	p. 149
7. Main Outcomes	p. 154
8. Conclusions	p. 155
5. Data Communication: Satellite and TV Subsystems	p. 162
1. Introduction	p. 162
2. Satellite Communication Technologies and Institutions at the Global Level	p. 164
3. European Satellite Communications Development--EUTELSAT	p. 167
4. Data Communications through Satellite and Cable TV Networks	p. 169
5. The Maritime Sector--INMARSAT	p. 171
6. Grandiose Satellite Phone Mega Projects of the Late 1990s--That Failed	p. 172
7. The Early 2000s--Business as Usual?	p. 175
6. The Internet Services Industry: Sectoral Dynamics of Innovation and Production	p. 177
1. Introduction	p. 177
2. Technological Convergence in the Telecommunications Industry	p. 178
3. The Internet as a Major Technological Discontinuity	p. 181
4. Sectoral Dynamics in the Provision of Internet Services	p. 185
5. The Provision of Internet Services in Europe	p. 192
6. A View on the US and Japan	p. 197
7. Concluding Remarks	p. 200
7. The Internet Services Industry: Country-specific Trends in the UK, Italy and Sweden	p. 210
1. The Internet Sectoral System in the UK	p. 210
2. Italy: Latecomer in the Internet Landscape	p. 219
3. Internet Services in Sweden	p. 229
8. Policy Implications for the Future of the Sectoral System	p. 236
1. Introduction	p. 236
2. Fixed Internet	p. 236
3. Mobile Telecommunications	p. 237
4. The Sectoral System's Future in Europe, the US and Japan	p. 240
5. The Three Most Important Policy Issues	p. 242
Abbreviations and Acronyms	p. 244
Author Index	p. 247
Subject Index	p. 251

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