Mobile Communications: Re-Negotiation of the Social Sphere

by Rich Ling

Mobile telephony has arrived on the scene.According to statistics of the International Telecommunications Union, in the mid-1990s, less than one person in 20 had a mobile telephone; as of 2003, this had risen to on p- son in five.In the mid-1990s, the GSM system was just being commerci- ized, there were serious coverage and interoperability issues that were not yet sorted out and handsets were only beginning to be something that did not require a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852339314
• ISBN13: 9781852339319
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"