Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 WHERE WE ARE¿́¿WIRELESS MEETS THE BROADBAND INTERNET -- 2 BROADBAND AND THE INFORMATION SOCIETY -- 3 GLOBAL WIRELESS MARKET ANALYSIS -- 4 THE VIRTUAL DISPLACES THE PHYSICAL -- 5 CONVERGENCE FINALLY ARRIVES -- 6 DRIVERS OF BROADBAND CONSUMPTION -- 7 THE EMERGING INFLUENCE OF THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY -- 8 ALWAYS BEST CONNECTED -- 9 BROADBAND IP CORE NETWORKS -- 10 WIDEBAND 3G TO BROADBAND 4G¿́¿COLLISION AND CONVERGENCE OF STANDARDS -- 11 RADIO TECHNOLOGY¿́¿MOVING THE GOAL POSTS -- 12 CONTENTION AND CONFLICT¿́¿REGULATORY, POLITICAL, FINANCIAL, AND STANDARDS BATTLES -- 13 CONCLUSION -- A WIRELESS BROADBAND GLOSSARY -- B A SCENARIO OF A BROADBAND WIRELESS CUSTOMER,CIRCA 2012 -- C SPECTRUM TABLES¿́¿WIRELESS BROADBAND -- About the Authors.