Broadband Telecommunications Technologies and Management

Preface

The primary reason for writing this book was my need for a textbook for a telecommunications technology management course that I have been teaching at Carnegie Mellon University. As with many technology management topics, analysis and management of a telecommunications company necessitates a knowledge of the utilised technology, an understanding of the competitive landscape and business issues, and policy issues pertaining to the roll out and operation of the business. While there exist a number of books to address these aspects, each book generally focuses on any one of the technology, business or policy issues. To my knowledge, there existed no book that addresses the broadband telecommunications topic holistically from the technology, business and policy points of view. This book does take a holistic view and presents models by which such companies and organisations may be analysed or managed considering all three viewpoints.

This book is valuable for two groups of readers. The first group is post-graduate students on an inter-disciplinary technology management course, with a career outlook to become technology analysts or to manage technology companies as chief technology officers (CTOs) or chief information officers (CIOs). Those who choose a career in information communication technology (ICT) with a telecommunications focus will find this book of particular value as it provides an overall broadband telecommunication technology, business and policy analysis coverage. ...