Next generation mobile telecommunications networks : challenges to the Nordic ICT industries / guest editors: Christopher Palmberg and Erik Bohlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bohlin, Erik.

Palmberg, Christopher.

Series:

info, the journal of policy, regulation and strategy for telecommunications, information and media ; 8, no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mobile computing.

Telecommunication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (100 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In international comparisons the Nordic countries tend to stand out as major producers and users of information and communication technology (ICT), especially in the field of mobile telecommunications. There is a common understanding the Nordic countries were particularly well-placed to enter the booming telecommunications industry of the 1980's due to a combination of advanced demand, institutional and societal set-ups that characterize these countries. But this e-book suggests that the technological and business setting of the Nordic mobile communications is undergoing fundamental changes wit

Contents:

Cover; Table of contents; Introduction; 3G Standards: the battle between WCDMA and CDMA2000; Complementarities creating substitutes – possible paths towards 3G, WLAN/WiMAX and ad hoc networks; Standards dynamics and industrial organization in the mobile telecom sector; Innovation system dynamics in the Swedish telecom sector; Diversification in response to ICT convergence – indigenous capabilities versus R&D alliances of the Finnish telecom industry; The Danish ICT sector in an international perspective: a mismatch between demand and supply;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-70569-8

9786610705696

1-84663-067-3

OCLC:

77139447