| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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1 The Evolving Voice Services: From Circuit Switching to Voice-Over LTE/FTTH) |
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1.1 Customer Need: Remote Communication |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (1) |
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1.3 Voice-Over LTE (VoLTE) |
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2 | (2) |
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4 | (1) |
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1.5 High-Definition (HD) Voice |
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1.6 Over-the-Top Substitutes |
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5 | (4) |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (3) |
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2 Internet Services: From Broadband to Ultrabroadband |
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2.1 Customer Need: Connectivity and Social Inclusion |
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10 | (1) |
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2.2 Fixed Lines: Deploying Fiber Closer to Customer Premises: xDSL, Cable, FTTH |
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11 | (8) |
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2.3 Mobile: 4G LTE/LTE-Advanced |
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19 | (4) |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (8) |
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24 | (3) |
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27 | (4) |
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3 Convergence: Bundling Fixed Line and Mobile Services |
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31 | (6) |
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3.1 Customer Need: One-Stop Shop |
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31 | (1) |
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3.2 Fixed Line and Mobile Service Bundles |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (5) |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (2) |
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37 | (14) |
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4.1 Customer Need: Mobility |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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4.3 Operating System Duopoly |
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39 | (1) |
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4.4 Hardware Specifications |
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40 | (11) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (4) |
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51 | (18) |
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5.1 Customer Need: Entertainment |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (3) |
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5.3 Aggregation versus Diversity |
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56 | (1) |
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5.4 The Role of Advertising |
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57 | (1) |
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5.5 Technology: Satellite, Cable, and IPTV |
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58 | (1) |
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5.6 Pay TV Technicall Key Components |
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58 | (2) |
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5.7 Evolution of Interactive Pay TV Technologies |
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60 | (4) |
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64 | (5) |
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65 | (1) |
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66 | (3) |
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6 Enterprise: From Machine-to-Machine Connectivity Toward Internet of Things |
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69 | (34) |
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6.1 Customer Need: Remote Automation |
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70 | (1) |
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6.2 Basic Connectivity and Managed Connectivity |
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71 | (6) |
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6.3 Low-Power Wide Area: LTE-MTC and Alternatives |
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77 | (9) |
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6.4 Applications: Toward Internet of Things |
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86 | (8) |
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94 | (9) |
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95 | (8) |
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103 | (14) |
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7.1 Global Trends Driving the Cloud Evolution |
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104 | (1) |
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7.2 Virtualization as Enabling Technology |
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105 | (1) |
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7.3 The Layered Cloud Model |
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106 | (5) |
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7.4 Advanced Cloud Models |
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111 | (2) |
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113 | (2) |
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7.6 Conclusion and Summary |
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115 | (2) |
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115 | (2) |
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8 Emerging Markets: Mobile Money for the Unbanked |
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117 | (26) |
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8.1 Customer Need: Remote Payments |
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117 | (1) |
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8.2 Large Unbanked Population in Emerging Markets |
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118 | (11) |
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8.3 Very High Penetration of Mobile Based on Feature Phones |
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129 | (8) |
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8.4 Services: Remittances and Payments |
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137 | (6) |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (4) |
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9 Value-Added Consumer Services |
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143 | (12) |
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Jesus Llamazares Alberola |
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143 | (1) |
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9.2 Disruption is the New "Karma" |
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143 | (2) |
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9.3 Adjacent Industries Joining Multilayered Value Chain |
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145 | (1) |
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9.4 Telco's Role and Challenges in the New Paradigm |
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146 | (2) |
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9.5 But What do we Understand by VAS Today? |
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148 | (4) |
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9.6 So What's the Future for VAS and, Thus, for Telcos? |
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152 | (3) |
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153 | (1) |
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153 | (2) |
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10 Mobile Virtual Network Operators/Second Brands |
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155 | (8) |
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10.1 From Oligopoly to Marketplace |
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156 | (1) |
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10.2 MVNO Ecosystem: End Customer Facing or MVNOs |
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157 | (3) |
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10.3 MVNO Ecosystem: Technology Enablers, MVNE, and MVNA |
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160 | (3) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (22) |
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11.1 Introduction to Home Automation |
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163 | (2) |
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11.2 Evolution to Digital Home |
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165 | (5) |
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11.3 Home Automation: Control Network |
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170 | (9) |
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11.4 Digital Home Networks |
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179 | (6) |
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182 | (1) |
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183 | (2) |
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12 Videoconference and Telework |
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185 | (20) |
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12.1 Customer Need: Teletransport |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (9) |
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195 | (10) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (4) |
| Index |
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