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Tables of Contents for Tapping into Wireless
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Introduction
xiii
Wireless History
1
28
Just How New Is Wireless?
2
1
Not When or Where, but Why and How
3
1
Where It All Began: The Electric Telegraph
4
6
Telephone and Alexander Graham Bell
10
3
Wireless Radio
13
8
The Dawn of Commercial Cellular
21
2
Act II
23
2
We're Just Getting Started
25
1
Summary
26
3
The Driving Forces for Wireless
29
26
Buy-In from Industry Leaders
30
4
The M&A Factor
34
2
Foreign M&A
36
2
Politics and Money Go Hand in Hand
38
2
Regulation
40
4
Standards Adoption
44
7
Consumer Tastes
51
1
Convergence
52
1
Summary
53
2
Wireless Network Operators
55
30
Wireless Service Providers: Their Role in the Industry
57
1
The Technology
58
3
First- and Second-Generation (1G/2G) Cellular Networks
61
3
Circuits versus Packets
64
3
The Next-Generation (5G and 3G) Cellular Networks
67
6
Wireless Network Operator Metrics
73
6
Key Investment Themes
79
4
Summary
83
2
Wireless Equipment/Component Suppliers
85
30
Role in the Industry
87
2
Wireless Component Manufacturers
89
2
Application/Baseband Processors
91
1
Digital Signal Processors
92
2
RF Components
94
1
Displays
94
1
Intellectual Property
95
3
Portable Equipment
98
2
Consumer Segment
100
4
Business Segment
104
1
Wireless Infrastructure Equipment
105
3
Wireless Equipment Manufacturer Metrics
108
3
Summary
111
4
Wireless Enterprise Solutions
115
26
The Collaborative Economy
118
1
The Trends in the Enterprise
119
4
Finding the Right Companies
123
10
Signs of a Breakout
133
5
Summary
138
3
Emerging Technologies and Markets
141
22
Emerging Technologies
145
10
Wireless Consumer Applications
155
5
Summary
160
3
IPO Fever
163
28
What's an IPO?
165
5
On the Ground Floor
170
2
Risk Factors
172
7
Other Key Sections of the Prospectus
179
3
IPO Strategies
182
2
Slice 'Em and Dice 'Em
184
2
Investments
186
1
Tracking Stocks: On the Right Track for Investors?
187
2
Summary
189
1
Online Resources
190
1
Red Flags: When to Sell Your Wireless Stock
191
18
Junk Bonds
192
2
Convertible Financing
194
3
Insider Selling
197
2
Building a Wireless Network
199
1
The Price Knows
200
1
Penny Stocks
201
1
Research Analysts
202
3
Bad News
205
1
Chat Boards
206
1
Hot Markets
206
1
Summary
207
2
Foreign Investing
209
16
Emerging Markets
210
1
Privatization Boom
211
1
Risks
212
3
American Depositary Shares
215
2
United States: A Drop in the Bucket?
217
3
The Finland Factor
220
3
Asia
223
1
Summary
224
1
Wireless Mutual Funds
225
10
Benefits
227
1
Some Background
227
8
Private Equity
235
12
Risks versus Rewards
235
3
Protections
238
3
Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist
241
3
Dealflow
244
1
Summary
245
2
Conclusion
247
2
Appendix: Resources
249
8
Glossary
257
12
Sources
269
4
Index
273