"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
That all changed in the 1980s, of course, when cellular technology began moving from experimental to ubiquitous and those clunky early car phones went the way of the Model T and telephone operator. The subsequent rush to wireless has been one of the most dynamic business stories of our time, and James B. Murray Jr. does a fine job of running it down and sorting it out in Wireless Nation.
The negotiator of some of the industry's biggest deals as chairman and managing director of Columbia Capital, Murray has had firsthand access to most of the major players in the ongoing saga, and his book benefits tremendously from the insider's perspective that these connections helped forge. It also benefits from his novelist's eye, which virtually puts readers into the center of the action with big-time participants like McCaw Cellular's Craig McCaw as well as "regular folks" like a middle-aged truck driver named Bob Pelissier who snagged one of the country's first cellular licenses.
Moving effortlessly from Newfoundland to New York and Washington state to Washington, D.C., Murray deftly chronicles the emergence of the cell phone as a worldwide business and societal phenomenon. He also offers informed speculation on its future, as emergent wireless Internet connections promise to make current technology and consumer penetration look as quaint as a black dial telephone. --Howard Rothman
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0738203912
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0738203912
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0738203912
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Prompt service guaranteed. Seller Inventory # Clean0738203912
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB0738203912
Book Description Condition: New. Book is in NEW condition. 1.4. Seller Inventory # 0738203912-2-1
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0738203912
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0738203912
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # Abebooks171399
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0738203912