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Asia Unplugged
The Wireless and Mobile Media Boom in the Asia-Pacific
Edited by:
- Madanmohan Rao - Asian Media and Information Communication Centre
- Lunita Mendoza - Wireless World Magazine, Singapore
February 2009 | 464 pages | SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
Wireless is the hottest technology and media sector in the world today—and Asia is at the centre of the action. This volume captures the flavour and implications of these fast-paced developments by providing a comprehensive, detailed and insightful look at the wireless scenario in the Asia-Pacific. It charts the growth of the wireless ecosystem across the region, highlights the valuable lessons learned by the pioneers, and contextualises these themes with developments in other parts of the world including the US and Europe.
With contributions from numerous experts in the region, the book includes 16 thematic chapters, 10 book reviews, and profiles of 10 countries—Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, India, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal and Bangladesh.
With contributions from numerous experts in the region, the book includes 16 thematic chapters, 10 book reviews, and profiles of 10 countries—Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Australia, India, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal and Bangladesh.
PART ONE: OVERALL THEMES
Madanmohan Rao
The Wireless Tsunami
Lara Srivastava
Mobilising the Internet
Chas Sweeting
Location-Based Services
Subha Rama
Wi-Fi
Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Wireless in the Local Loop
Madanmohan Rao
Wireless and Mobile Impacts on News and Entertainment
Sunanda Sangwan
M-commerce
Madanmohan Rao
Organisational Impact
Madanmohan Rao
Knowledge Management and Wireless Ecosystems
June Gassin and Som Naidu
The Flexible Wireless Classroom
Loudon Owen and Paul Gardner
Wireless in Asia
Michael Sainsbury
Sing Tel Group
Tan Min-Liang
Legal Issues in the Internet and Mobile Arenas
Laina Raveendran Greene
Convergence of Old and New Wireless Worlds
T H Chowdary
Radio Communications, Mobile Telphony and Regulation in India
Vicente Rafael
The Cellphone and the Crowd
PART TWO: COUNTRY PROFILES
Shinichi Saito
Japan
John Lee
South Korea:
Lunita Mendoza
Singapore
Michael Sainsbury
Australia
Madanmohan Rao
India
Lunita Mendoza
China
Srikanya Mongkonsiri
Thailand
Lunita Mendoza
Malaysia
Gaurab Raj Upadhaya
Nepal
Sayeedur Rahman
Bangladesh
PART THREE: BOOK REVIEWS
Takeshi Natsuno
i-Mode Strategy
Jeffrey Lee Funk
The Mobile Internet
John Beck and Mitchell Wade
DoCoMo
Peter Keen and Ron Mackintosh
The Freedom Economy
Frederick Newell and Katherine Newell Lemon
Wireless Rules
John Agar
Constant Touch
Christian Lindholm, Turkka Keinonen and Harri Kiljander
Mobile Usability
Howard Rheigold
Smart Mobs
Bruno Giussani
Roam
The Wireless Internet Institute
The Wireless Internet Opportunity for Developing Nations
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"Wireless is the hottest technology and media sector in the world today, and Asia is the center of the action. This collection, with contributions from experts in the region, discusses mobile content, portals, m-commerce, permission marketing, LBS enterprise wireless strategies, legal issues, regulation, venture capital, political culture, and rural development."
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