TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
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tion. The arrangement is chronological from pre-cellular mobile networks, through each of the generations (1G, 2G, etc.), noting how American firms dominated at first but have steadily lost headway to European and Japanese companies and providers. Looking ahead to 4G he discusses “the China card” potential. Part three reviews industry catalysts: from equipment manufacturers to enablers. Here the chapters are built around specific players: Motorola, Ericsson, Nokia (Steinbock is the author of THE NOKIA REVOLUTION [Amacom, 2001]), Qualcomm, the various contractors (“from ‘board stuffers’ to electronic manufacturing services”), and the enablers with their mobile and IT visions. A brief epilogue ties together issues of geography, strategy, and globalization. Steinbock, a New York-based academic and consultant, crams an amazing amount of textual and graphic information into these pages—this is not your typical “management” book with a few main points and wide-spaced print. He clearly reads widely and thus is readily able to compare and contrast a variety of researcher conclusions on these pages. If you are buying one book to try and figure out the mobile communications industry and its direction, this is very clearly that book. (Chris Sterling)