M-Commerce Crash Course

The convergence of current cellular and PC voice networks with the new wireless networks means anyone working in the telecommunications industry (or interested in investing) needs the inside scoop on the next generation of telecommunications. You'll find it in M-Commerce. Expert P.J. Louis' one-of-a-kind guide lets you understand the merging of 3rd generation, or 3G, wireless technologies with the Internet, a convergence that's transforming the economics of the telecommunications industry and driving massive growth in wireless usage. Focusing on how network management and customer care must evolve with the technologies, the book provides you with business models and an understanding of service provisioning as well as technology. You'll learn about:
The telecom network
Wireless networks
Next Generation Networks
Interconnection
Differentiation
Global Services
Types of next generation service providers
Next generation network signaling
SS7/ATM/B-ISDN
Billing in next generation networks
Next generation network management
Next generation economics.

In just a few short years the Internet has evolved from a tool that technologists dabbled with to one that consumers are actively using. This has radically altered the way business is conducted and set off a firestorm of change and growth in wireless telecommunications. In this book network expert P. J. Louis offers a technical insider's view of the Internet in its evolving mobile business incarnation, M-Commerce.

Louis takes the mystery out of the Internet business space by breaking it down into its fundamental components. After providing a quick and painless tour of basic Internet technologies, Louis then discusses the wireless Internet, and the evolution from e-commerce to m-commerce, providing a clear and cogent guide readable by the technical and non-technical alike.

Information goldmine. A treasure for anyone who works in telecom or Internet services, or who wants to invest in what's likely to be the fastest growing sector of any industry over the next few years, this insiders' guide from an electrical engineer/communications industry executive puts the future of communications in your pocket.
*Gain an understanding of wired and wireless Internet business models
*See how 3G protocols and technologies work with IP (Internet Protocol)
*Study how current business modeling techniques can be used to support the Internet
*Understand the current wireless Internet signaling technical and business issues
*Fan away the smoke and mirrors of the Internet business space.

Contents

• Chapter 1: Networks and the Internet: What Are They?
• Chapter 2: Business Models.
• Chapter 3: Challenges of the Internet Business - Business and Technology.
• Chapter 4: Internet - Technology and Service Provisioning in the Information Marketplace.
• Chapter 5: Network Signaling: Mobile and Wired Business Space.
• Chapter 6: E-Commerce and Mobile E-Commerce.
• Chapter 7: Customer Care, Billing, and Revenue Assurance.
• Chapter 8: The Internet Business Model: The Future and Its Economics.