- Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 3 edition (Sep 12 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0130649074
- ISBN-13: 978-0130649072
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.9 x 3.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,070,107 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
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The essential guide for all non-technical telecom users -- now completely updated!
The latest edition of a worldwide best-seller -- over 100,000 in print!
Extensive new coverage of optical networking, globalization, digital convergence, speech recognition, and 3G networking.
Reader-friendly coverage! Internet, IP networking, wireless, xDSL, cable modems, ATM, frame relay, SONET, DWDM, and more! Every business decision-maker needs to understand telecommunications- its costs, risks, and breakthrough opportunities for competitive advantage. With The Essential Guide to Telecommunications, Third Edition you can -- even if you have no technical background at all. Leading consultant Annabel Z. Dodd covers all the fundamental concepts you need to understand the industry, and make smarter buying decisions. This new Third Edition has been updated with up to the minute coverage of todays most critical issues, including the rapid globalization of telecommunications, breakthrough optical networking technologies, the latest progress towards digital convergence, speech recognition, next-generation 3G wireless networks, and much more. Dodd covers the powerful new roles played by IP networking in telephony, streaming media, and the state-of-the-art in computer-telephony integration, PBXs, Automatic Call Distributors and other call center technology. Along the way, youll master all the basics of telecommunications, including- the differences between analog and digital signals; what bandwidth is; why protocols and architectures matter; the role of the public network; the continuing evolution of the Internet; and more.
Annabel Z. Dodd is an adjunct professor at both Northeastern University and New York University. Formerly a marketing manager at Bell Atlantic and Telecommunications Manager at a Fortune 500 company, she consults widely with major corporations and institutions in the Greater Boston and New England area, advising on the design of Internet, local and long distance services, and the selection and implementation of telephone systems.
The latest edition of a worldwide best-seller -- over 100,000 in print!
Extensive new coverage of optical networking, globalization, digital convergence, speech recognition, and 3G networking.
Reader-friendly coverage! Internet, IP networking, wireless, xDSL, cable modems, ATM, frame relay, SONET, DWDM, and more! Every business decision-maker needs to understand telecommunications- its costs, risks, and breakthrough opportunities for competitive advantage. With The Essential Guide to Telecommunications, Third Edition you can -- even if you have no technical background at all. Leading consultant Annabel Z. Dodd covers all the fundamental concepts you need to understand the industry, and make smarter buying decisions. This new Third Edition has been updated with up to the minute coverage of todays most critical issues, including the rapid globalization of telecommunications, breakthrough optical networking technologies, the latest progress towards digital convergence, speech recognition, next-generation 3G wireless networks, and much more. Dodd covers the powerful new roles played by IP networking in telephony, streaming media, and the state-of-the-art in computer-telephony integration, PBXs, Automatic Call Distributors and other call center technology. Along the way, youll master all the basics of telecommunications, including- the differences between analog and digital signals; what bandwidth is; why protocols and architectures matter; the role of the public network; the continuing evolution of the Internet; and more.
Annabel Z. Dodd is an adjunct professor at both Northeastern University and New York University. Formerly a marketing manager at Bell Atlantic and Telecommunications Manager at a Fortune 500 company, she consults widely with major corporations and institutions in the Greater Boston and New England area, advising on the design of Internet, local and long distance services, and the selection and implementation of telephone systems.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Yuck!,
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This review is from: Essential Guide to Telecommunications, The (Paperback)
Annabel Z. Dodd has a bad case of professoritis. That is, she knows a lot about her subject, but is completely unable to translate that knowledge into a logical and lucid explanation of the topic. The chapters are logically organized, but the subchapters and paragraphs appear to have been randomized. Often important information is placed well after the confusing details, so as to require a second reading for comprehension. A favorite trick of the author's is to tell you the history of something, before defining what it is. The copious charts often have no relationship to the text, or are so simplistic as to be irrelevant to understanding. Often the text bogs down in the minutia of protocols and definitions, and no clarifying examples of real-world uses are given. Finally, the editor (if there was one) did only the most cursory job of correcting the spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors in the text. I did learn something from this book, but sure had to work at deciphering the information out of triple-encrypted Dodd-speak to do so.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Intro/Overview of the Telecom world,
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This review is from: Essential Guide to Telecommunications, The (Paperback)
I just finished reading this book and overall found it to be very informative. It covers a general overview of everything from the Telecommunications Act of 1996 to telecommunications around the world. Landline, wireless, and internet are all covered along with the technologies that make them work. With that being said, this book will NOT make you an expert in telephony or any specific area of telecommunications. It is however, a great start.The one problem I had with the book was numerous grammatical errors. I found that in some cases I had to mentally disassemble and rebuild a sentence to understand what was trying to be said. I would (and have) recommend this book to a coworker and/or friend getting started with telecommunications.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Number one Telecom Intro Book,
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This review is from: Essential Guide to Telecommunications, The (Paperback)
Magnificent! Perfect example of a Technology book everyone can relate too. After finishing this one, I was desperately looking for any other technology book written by this author, couldn't find any. Looking forward to find more books from this Author..
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