Acknowledgements

Having coauthored three previous technical books on telecom related topics, The Mobile Radio Servicing Handbook in 1989, Data Over Radio in 1992 and 3G Handset and Network Design in 20031 it occurred to me that it might be useful to write a fourth book documenting the changes that have occurred in the past eight years and the related implications for the industry looking forward.

It then occurred to me that this was a massive amount of work for a minimal return and the idea was shelved until this week end when I read an interview2 in the Guardian Week End Review section on Michael Moorcock, a prolific author of Science Fiction. On a good day Mr Moorcock can apparently produce 15 000 words of breathless prose and once authored a complete book in three days.