Emerging technology can be defined as a “science-based innovation with the potential to create a new industry or transform an existing industryâ€. The convergence of the Internet, telecom, cable, satellite, computer, entertainment and information industry has created a digital revolution. This digital revolution has driven convergence within the IT and telecom industries and has radically redefined the landscape of these industries across the globe. Today, convergence in the telecom sector seems to gain momentum. It is looking ahead for value growth opportunity among players, maturing demand among customers, regulations to increase competition in telecom services market and new wireless technologies that can make convergence possible and cost disruptive. The latest trend of wireless telecom has created a revolution in personal as well as business communications. Usage of technologies like Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, VoIP, Broadband, GPRS, GSM and Bluetooth has become common in business organizations and service providers. Emerging technologies and new telecom standards have made it possible to rely on a single network to address all personal and business communications. Regulations need to be rationalized to address the emerging wireless and wire-line technologies so that the telecom service providers can reorganize and formulate new strategies to meet the growing customer demand. Professionals in the telecom industry will benefit from this book.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR B.Ravi Kumar Jain
Ravi Kumar Jain B holds an MBA degree (Finance) from Osmania University, Hyderabad and PGD ITM (E-commerce & EDI) from AIMA, New Delhi. He has worked as Assistant Professor in a B-school affiliated to Osmania University for four years in Hyderabad. Presently, he is working as a senior faculty member at Icfai Research Centre, Head quarters, heads Special projects team and also teaches at Icfai Business School, Hyderabad. He has presented several research papers in national and international conferences in India and abroad. He has got many of his articles published in several refereed journals. He has received an award, 'Researcher of the Year', from the Vice President of India, for the best contribution in an international conference on Enhancing Global Business Competitiveness in November 2004, at New Delhi. He has authored a book titled "Open Source Software: A Revolution in the Making" and has edited several books on the themes related to Internet and business management, the latest being "Internet Governance: An Introduction" and "IT Governance: An Introduction". His areas of interest include outsourcing, e-commerce, strategic management, technology in business and financial management.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.C. Latha
Latha Sangubhotla is a faculty member at ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad. She holds a bachelors degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Osmania University and a Masters degree in Computer Science from University of Texas at Dallas. She worked about ten years in IT industry including eight years with Nortel Networks, USA. Her writing career started with a Systems Level document development for GPRS project at Nortel Networks. Her areas of interest include Telecommunication Management and Disaster Recovery Management.
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