Well, here I am again, staring at a pile of papers and graphics that have accumulated over the past couple of months. What it will soon become is the latest in a book series that I have embarked on with McGraw-Hill. This book deals with the issues of wireless communications and broad-band communications as the two converge into the world of 3G. As always, I chose to write the way I think, that is, in a non-technical fashion. I also think in terms of what a CEO, CFO, or CIO needs to know about the technologies we will discuss herein. As I usually start off, I try to answer the three management questions:

But before I go too far into the plot, I owe a lot of credits to many people. Some of the people I had to deal with either on a regular or irregular basis. First, I owe another debt of gratitude to Steve Chapman, McGraw-Hill s executive editor on this book. Steve is a very patient person. He has had to occasionally prod me to keep going, even though he knew the pressures I had in other areas. He is a true gentleman whose efforts I appreciate while he has to go to bat for me. In addition to Steve, there are numerous other people who aided in the editing and production of the book, too many to name. Special mention is...