An insider's guide to the exciting future of telecommunications

The last great telecommunications revolution brought us fiber optics, mobile phones, videoconferencing, and a host of other innovations that improved life and business and connected individuals in ways never imagined. Now emerging technologies such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless networks, and Web videoconferencing are poised to become tremendous, society-altering forces.

Telecosmos: The Next Great Telecom Revolution offers a fascinating preview of the exciting new telecom technologies currently under development and the impact they will have across a broad range of industries, from medicine to data storage, security to energy, transportation to communication. Engagingly written by one of the nation's most prolific authors on the subject of technology, the book gives you firsthand information and predictions from the movers and shakers in the telecom industry. The book covers hundreds of innovative telecom concepts that will become available to businesses and consumers in the years to come, including:

• Cognitive software
• Wearable computers
• Chip implants
• Tele-medicine
• Smart roads
• Vehicular telematics
• Home automation
• Speech-controlled prosthetics

Telecosmos is both an informative and fascinating read for technical professionals, business managers, and potential investors looking to explore up-and-coming business opportunities, and offers an important resource for managers who want to be prepared for the next great telecommunications revolution.

Although telecom companies are battling for survival, technology is moving forward. In research laboratories around the world, powerful new technologies are being developed that will shape tomorrow's communications world. Telecosmos will look at the many different telecom concepts that will be adopted by both consumers and businesses in the years ahead.