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| Acknowledgments | |
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| An Introduction to the Wireless Industry | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Wireless Communications Paradigm Shift | |
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| What Wireless Technology Means in Today's World | |
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| The Reality of Wireless Hype | |
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| The Wireless Playing Field | |
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| Governments | |
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| Operators/Carriers | |
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| Handset Manufacturers | |
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| Consumers | |
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| MNVOs | |
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| The Value Proposition of Wireless Messaging | |
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| Today's Business Drivers for Wireless Messaging | |
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| Saving Money | |
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| Making Money | |
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| A Requirement for Doing Business | |
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| The Wireless Value Chain: Who Supplies What to Whom? | |
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| Why GSM Operators Are Ahead | |
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| The Value of Prepaid Wireless | |
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| Introduction to Acronyms and Industry Terms | |
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| WAP and DoCoMo | |
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| The Scene Is Set | |
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| Technology and Market Overview | |
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| How Will These Networks Affect Messaging? | |
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| WWAN Technologies: Including CDMA2000 1xRTT, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and W-CDMA | |
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| First Generation (1G)--Analog | |
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| 2G--Digital | |
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| The Next Generation: The Upgrade | |
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| 3G | |
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| Technology Briefs | |
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| Dual and More | |
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| WWAN Next-Generation Deployment Update | |
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| Bluetooth | |
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| Bluetooth Use in Cellular Handsets | |
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| Bluetooth Deployment Update | |
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| WLANs | |
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| WLAN Bands and Technologies | |
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| Multiple Standards Could Cause Interference | |
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| IEEE 802.11 | |
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| WWAN, WLAN, and Bluetooth Technology Comparison | |
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| Network Performance Compared | |
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| Lack of Handset Penetration | |
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| Handset Shipment Forecasts | |
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| 3G Driving Applications | |
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| A Nokia 3G Application Case Study | |
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| Who Might the Early Adopters Be? | |
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| Willingness to Pay for Specific Services | |
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| Willingness to Pay for Premium Services | |
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| Conclusions in the Nokia 3G Application Case Study | |
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| The Future of 3G | |
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| Obsession with Technology | |
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| Potential to Disappoint | |
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| Wireless Messaging Today | |
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| Some Important Attributes of Today's Wireless Messaging | |
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| Regionality: The Regional Nature of Wireless | |
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| What Is Short Message Service (SMS)? | |
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| Brief History of SMS | |
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| Driven by the Consumer | |
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| SMS Pricing | |
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| Early Mistakes | |
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| Components of an SMS Message | |
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| The Path of an SMS Text Message | |
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| What Is an SMSC? | |
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| How to Send a Text Message | |
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| GSM Versus Non-GSM SMS Architectures | |
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| Instant Messaging (IM): What Is It and Where Is It Going? | |
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| IM and Presence Interoperability | |
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| The Value Proposition of IM | |
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| IM Alliances: Is the IM Log-Jam Breaking Up? | |
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| WAP: The Mobile Internet | |
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| The Mobile Internet Hype Debacle | |
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| SMS and WAP Linkages | |
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| The Bearer Channel: How the Messages Get to Phones | |
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| Circuit Switched Versus Packet Switched | |
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| Circuit-Switched Data | |
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| Packet-Switched Data | |
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| Details by Market Region | |
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| Japan's NTT DoCoMo i-mode Service | |
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| The Triumph of Messaging--Two Stories | |
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| The European Union's (EU's) Messaging Addiction | |
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| South America, South Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Rim | |
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| The Americas (includes N. & S. America) | |
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| Mobile Device Overview | |
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| Smartphones | |
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| PDAs | |
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| Messaging or Paging Devices | |
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| Messaging Using These Devices | |
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| Getting Around the Text Input Problem | |
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| Applications of Wireless Messaging | |
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| From Person-to-Person (P2P) Messaging to Content and Services | |
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| Following i-mode's Lead | |
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| What Happened to WAP? | |
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| Messaging in the United States | |
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| What Makes a Wireless Messaging Application? | |
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| Where Is the Value in Wireless Messaging Applications? | |
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| What Is the Value Chain? | |
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| Revenue Models | |
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| What Are the Challenges Faced by the Various Parties Involved in Implementing Wireless Applications? | |
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| Challenges Met by Access Aggregators | |
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| A Survey of Wireless Messaging Applications | |
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| Personal Services | |
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| Information Services--Alerts and Notifications | |
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| Location-Based Services (LBS) | |
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| Communication Services | |
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| Chat, Flirt, and Adult Dating Services | |
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| Entertainment Services | |
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| Marketing Services | |
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| Opt-in Services | |
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| Wireless Coupon Services | |
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| Professional Services | |
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| P2P Enterprise Services | |
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| Application-to-Person Enterprise Services | |
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| Wireless Payment and Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce) Services | |
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| Using the Wireless Device for Microbilling Services | |
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| Using the Mobile Device for Macrobilling and M-Commerce | |
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| Opportunities for Wireless Services in Remote Purchases | |
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| Ordering by SMS | |
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| Wireless Messaging as a Simple Ordering Tool | |
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| Wireless Messaging as an Authentication Mechanism for Debit/Credit Card Payment | |
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| Notification Services to Improve Fraud Detection Systems | |
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| The Future of Wireless Messaging Applications | |
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| User Interface Improvements | |
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| Device Features | |
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| Emerging Nomadic Products | |
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| Availability and Speed of Networks | |
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| New Cultures and Geographies | |
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| Wireless Messaging Infrastructure | |
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| Infrastructure Overview | |
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| Components of Wireless Messaging Solutions | |
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| Base Transceiver Station (BTS) | |
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| Base Station Controller (BSC) | |
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| Mobile Switching Center (MSC) | |
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| Visitor Location Register (VLR) | |
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| Roaming | |
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| Home Location Register (HLR) | |
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| Signaling Transfer Points (STPs) | |
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| Short Message Service Center (SMSC) | |
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| How Trustworthy Is the SMS Service? | |
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| The Wireless Services Stack | |
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| Applications | |
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| Gateways/Carriers | |
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| Virtual Mobile Applications | |
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| Physical Layer: Accessing the Network | |
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| Wireless Request to Application | |
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| Wireless Application Response | |
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| The Critical Role of the SMSC | |
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| Connecting to the Carrier | |
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| Short Message Peer to Peer (SMPP) | |
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| Universal Computer Protocol (UCP) | |
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| Open Interface Specification (OIS) | |
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| Computer Interface to Message Distribution (CIMD2) | |
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| Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP) | |
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| Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) | |
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| QoS of SMS | |
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| Direct QoS Level | |
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| Indirect QoS Reporting Facilities Required | |
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| Major SMSC Providers | |
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| Logica | |
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| CMG | |
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| Comverse | |
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| SchlumbergerSema | |
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| Wireless Gateways | |
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| What Are They? | |
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| U.S. Market Importance | |
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| The Interoperability Question | |
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| Intercarrier Message Exchanges | |
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| WAP: The Mobile Internet | |
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| The Genesis of HDML/WML and WAP | |
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| The Mobile Internet Hype Debacle | |
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| SMS and WAP: Similarities and Differences | |
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| Architecture Picture of WAP | |
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| Pros and Cons of SMS and WAP | |
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| Circuit Switched Versus Packet Switched | |
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| The Future of WAP and WML | |
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| Wireless Messaging's Future: A Look Down the Road | |
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| Wireless Messaging--Post 2G | |
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| 3G Technology | |
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| Next-Generation Wireless Messaging Services | |
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| EMS | |
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| EMS Mechanisms | |
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| Capabilities in EMS Messages | |
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| MMS | |
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| MMS--Dial M for Multimedia | |
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| SMIL--Got the Message? | |
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| The Future of MMS | |
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| Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and the Wireless Internet Reborn | |
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| Wireless Messaging and Location-Based Services (LBS) | |
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| Location-Enabling Services | |
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| Information Delivery Services | |
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| Privacy in Wireless Messaging | |
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| Voice and Wireless Messaging | |
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| Unified Messaging (UM) | |
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| Voice Recognition (VR) Technology | |
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| VR Technology and SMS | |
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| Wireless Number Portability (WNP) | |
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| What WNP Will Mean to the Wireless Carriers | |
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| What WNP Will Mean to You | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |