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The Essential Guide to Telecommunications by Annabel Z. Dodd Paperback - 365 pages 2 edition (July 15, 1999) Customers who bought this book also bought: Newton's Telecom Dictionary : The Official Dictionary of Telecommunications and the Internet by Harry Newton, Ray Horak Telecommunications Convergence: How to Profit from the Convergence of Technologies, Services, and Companies by Steven Shepard McGraw-Hill Illustrated Telecommunications Dictionary by Jade Clayton Telecom Business Opportunities : The Entrepreneur's Guide to Making Money in the Telecommunications Revolution by Steven Rosenbush Editorial Reviews Amazon.com The telecommunications industry encompasses hundreds of different technologies, which in turn have spawned many trade names, jargon terms, and legal definitions. Those looking for a comprehensive introduction to the technologies, laws, and marketing programs that govern telecommunications need to read The Essential Guide to Telecommunications. Author Annabel Z. Dodd begins by pointing out that telecommunications technologies have everything to do with signals moving over media. She then goes on to catalog some of the various kinds of signals and media, covering traditional switched telephone service, dedicated lines, public branch exchanges (PBXs), and automatic call distributors (ACDs) along the way. After that foray into technology, she gets into the U.S. telecommunications business environment, focusing heavily on the federal breakup of AT&T in 1984 and the Telecommunications Act of 1996. She then explains additional technologies; data communications and the Internet-ISDN, Frame Relay, and analog modems all get attention. The author also pays plenty of attention to wireless solutions, including satellite communications. Unlike Newton's Telecom Dictionary (which remains an excellent resource), this book can be successfully read from start to finish by a reader with practically no telecommunications knowledge at the outset. Read and understand--that's what good technical books, like this one, enable you to do. --David Wall --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Book News, Inc. Provides an understanding of telecommunications for those with no technical background. Overviews technologies, explains the structure of the telecommunications industry, and profiles industry segments and vendor types. Technologies important in competition for local calling, high-capacity communication, and Internet access are clarified. Intertwined with technical explanations are examples of how the various vendors interconnect their networks. For nontechnical people working in... read more Click here for more information or to order online Look for similar books by subject: Browse for books in: Subjects > Engineering > Telecommunications > General Subjects > Computers & Internet > Networking & OS > Networks, Protocols & API's > ISDN