Digital Services in the 21st Century : A Strategic and Business Perspective.

Digital Services in the 21st Century: A Strategic and Business Perspective -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1: The Evolving Voice Services: From Circuit Switching to Voice-Over LTE/FTTH) -- 1.1 Customer Need: Remote Communication -- 1.2 FTTH Voice -- 1.3 Voice-Over LTE (VoLTE) -- 1.4 Voice-Over WiFi -- 1.5 High-Definition (HD) Voice -- 1.6 Over-The-Top Substitutes -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Chapter 2: Internet Services: From Broadband to Ultrabroadband -- 2.1 Customer Need: Connectivity and Social Inclusion -- 2.2 Fixed Lines: Deploying Fiber Closer to Customer Premises:xDSL, Cable, FTTH -- 2.2.1 xDSL -- 2.2.2 FTTH -- 2.3 Mobile: 4G LTE/LTE-Advanced -- 2.3.1 Mobile Evolution -- 2.3.2 LTE -- 2.3.3 LTE-Advanced -- 2.4 WiFi Ac (Gigabit) -- 2.5 Universal Access -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Convergence: Bundling Fixed Line and Mobile Services -- 3.1 Customer Need: One-Stop Shop -- 3.2 Fixed Line and Mobile Service Bundles -- 3.3 Integrated Operators -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Devices: Smartphones -- 4.1 Customer Need: Mobility -- 4.2 Vendors -- 4.3 Operating System Duopoly -- 4.4 Hardware Specifications -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Chapter 5: The Evolving Pay TV -- 5.1 Customer Need: Entertainment -- 5.2 Content Wars -- 5.3 Aggregation Versus Diversity -- 5.4 The Role of Advertising -- 5.5 Technology: Satellite, Cable, and IPTV -- 5.6 Pay TV Technicall Key Components -- 5.7 Evolution of Interactive Pay TV Technologies -- 5.7.1 Generation Zero: Early 1950s to Late 1990s -- 5.7.2 First-Generation Video Platforms: Early 2000s -- 5.7.3 Second-Generation Video Platforms: 2004-2010 -- 5.7.4 Third-Generation Video Platforms: 2011-2013 -- 5.7.5 Fourth-Generation Video Platforms: 2013 -- 5.7.6 Fifth-Generation Video Platforms: 2016-Current -- 5.8 Video Definition -- Acronyms -- Notes.

Chapter 6: Enterprise: From Machine-to-Machine Connectivity Toward Internet of Things -- 6.1 Customer Need: Remote Automation -- 6.1.1 Utilities -- 6.1.2 Automotive -- 6.2 Basic Connectivity and Managed Connectivity -- 6.2.1 Operators -- 6.2.2 Pricing -- 6.2.3 Networks -- 6.2.4 Managed Connectivity -- 6.2.5 Value Chain -- 6.2.6 Embedded SIM and Remote Provisioning -- 6.3 Low-Power Wide Area: LTE-MTC and Alternatives -- 6.3.1 Sigfox -- 6.3.2 LTE-MTC -- 6.3.3 Weightless -- 6.3.4 Cellular Internet of Things (Huawei) -- 6.3.5 LoRa (Long Range) -- 6.3.6 WiFi: 802.11ah -- 6.3.7 On-Ramp -- 6.4 Applications: Toward Internet of Things -- 6.4.1 Forecasts -- 6.4.2 Connected Car -- 6.4.3 Platform -- 6.5 Acronyms -- Notes -- Chapter 7: IT: Cloud -- 7.1 Global Trends Driving the Cloud Evolution -- 7.1.1 Cloud Deployment Models -- 7.1.2 Cloud Adoption -- 7.2 Virtualization As Enabling Technology -- 7.3 The Layered Cloud Model -- 7.3.1 IAAS (Infrastructure as a Service) -- 7.3.2 PaaS -- 7.3.3 SaaS -- 7.3.4 An Illustrative Example -- 7.4 Advanced Cloud Models -- 7.4.1 Business Processes as a Service -- 7.4.2 Network as a Service -- 7.5 Future Cloud Models -- 7.5.1 Increased Variety and Complexity of Data Center Infrastructure -- 7.5.2 Latency Optimized Infrastructures -- 7.6 Conclusion and Summary -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Emerging Markets: Mobile Money for the Unbanked -- 8.1 Customer Need: Remote Payments -- 8.2 Large Unbanked Population in Emerging Markets -- 8.3 Very High Penetration of Mobile Based on Feature Phones -- 8.4 Services: Remittances and Payments -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Value-Added Consumer Services -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Disruption Is the New ``Karma´´ -- 9.3 Adjacent Industries Joining Multilayered Value Chain -- 9.4 Telco'S Role and Challenges in the New Paradigm -- 9.5 But What Do We Understand By Vas Today?.

9.6 So What'S the Future for Vas And, Thus, for Telcos? -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Mobile Virtual Network Operators/Second Brands -- 10.1 From Oligopoly to Marketplace -- 10.2 MVNO Ecosystem: End Customer Facing or MVNOs -- 10.2.1 Full MVNO -- 10.2.2 Service Provider -- 10.2.3 Branded Reseller -- 10.3 MVNO Ecosystem: Technology Enablers, MVNE, and MVNA -- 10.3.1 Technology Enablers -- 10.3.2 MVNE (Mobile Virtual Network Enabler) -- 10.3.3 MVNA (Mobile Virtual Network Aggregator) -- Acronyms -- Note -- Chapter 11: Digital Home -- 11.1 Introduction to Home Automation -- 11.1.1 Home Automation Basic Elements -- 11.2 Evolution to Digital Home -- 11.2.1 Definition of Digital Home -- 11.2.2 Services in the Digital Home -- 11.2.3 Digital Home Infrastructure -- 11.3 Home Automation: Control Network -- 11.3.1 Introduction -- 11.3.2 X10 -- 11.3.3 KNX -- 11.3.4 ZigBee -- 11.3.5 Z-Wave -- 11.3.6 Bluetooth Low Energy -- 11.3.7 Insteon -- 11.3.8 Thread -- 11.4 Digital Home Networks -- 11.4.1 Introduction -- 11.4.2 IEEE 802.11ad -- 11.4.3 WiFi Direct -- 11.4.4 LiFi -- 11.4.5 Small Cells -- 11.4.6 HomePlug -- 11.4.7 IEEE 1905.1: Hybrid Home Networking Standard -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Videoconference and Telework -- 12.1 Customer Need: Teletransport -- 12.2 Videoconference -- 12.2.1 Connectivity -- 12.2.2 Quality: Resolution and Frequency -- 12.2.3 Compression: Codecs -- 12.2.4 Cameras -- 12.2.5 Room Systems -- 12.2.6 Software -- 12.2.7 Cloud Video -- 12.2.8 Robotics -- 12.2.9 TV -- 12.2.10 Market Size -- 12.3 Telework -- 12.3.1 Regulation -- 12.3.2 Companies -- Acronyms -- Notes -- Index -- The ComSoc Guides to Communications Technologies -- End User License Agreement.

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