In a constant stream of new ideas, wireless technologies continue to emerge offering a range of capabilities, each affording simplicity and ease-of-use. Such diversity and choice should surely beg the question, “are manufacturers using the right technology for the right product?”
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The existing telephone infrastructure is quickly being replaced with products, systems, and solutions based on off-the-shelf computer technology. Michael Bayer’s Computer Telephony Demystified gives you everything you need to take advantage of customizable telephony technology. Perfect for everyone from call center managers, network planners, and CIOs, to telecom engineers, this is the one-stop, plain-English tutorial and reference book on this hot topic. You’ll find concept-clarifying illustrations and plenty of answers and insights into this key technology area, Continue reading Computer Telephony Demystified By Michael Bayer
I should start by saying that I am a member of the organisation that published the book so I might be a bit biased. That said I think that this book is one of the best introductions to Wireless Digital Communications ever written.
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Mobile communication has become mainstream and even omnipresent. It is arguably the most successful and certainly the most rapidly adopted new technology in the world: more than one of every three people worldwide possesses a mobile phone. This volume offers a comprehensive view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Leading scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtones as a form of social exchange, from the “aspirational consumption” of middle class families in India to the belief in parts of Africa and Asia that mobile phones can communicate with the dead.

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