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Seel, Nigel.

Business strategies for the next-generation network / Nigel Seel. - Boca Raton : Auerbach Publications, c2007. - xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Technology -- The strange death of broadband ISDN -- The next-generation network and IMS -- The next-generation network and TV -- The next-generation network and IT systems -- Transformation -- Bureaucracy and treacle -- Telecoms market structure -- Choosing the right people -- Case study: a transformation program -- Business and technology issues -- Worrying about Skype -- Spectrum auctions -- The trial of Rete Populi -- Machines who talk -- Business strategies -- NGN strategies for incumbents -- NGN strategies for alternative network operators -- NGN strategies for capturing the consumer market -- Conclusions.

ISBN: 9780849380358 (alk. paper) 0849380359 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006034583

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Computer networks.
Business planning.
Strategic planning.

LC Class. No.: TK5105.5 / .S389 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 004.6