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Preface
1. Introduction
1.1 Advances in computing technology
1.1.1 Digitalization of communications
1.1.2 Internet
1.1.3 Mobile networks
1.2 Liberalization of telecommunications markets
1.2.1 The US
1.2.2 The UK
1.2.3 Europe and the rest of the world
1.3 The rebirth of an industry
1.3.1 The dotcom crisis
1.3.2 A healthy industry
1.4 Opportunities for third parties
1.4.1 Prepaid services
1.4.2 Messaging services
1.4.3 Content services
1.4.4 Location based services
1.4.5 Electronic commerce
1.5 Non technical factors
1.5.1 Business plan
1.5.2 Regulation and legal aspects
1.5.3 Dimensioning
1.6 How to use this book
1.6.1 Service orientation
1.6.2 Enabling technologies and case studies
1.6.3 Standards and weblinks
1.6.4 The book’s website
Weblinks for chapter 1
References for chapter 1
2. Prepaid Services
2.1 Prepaid fixed telephony
2.1.1 Basic point of presence
2.1.2 Using voice over IP
2.1.3 Prepaid telephony with Intelligent Networks
2.1.4 Prepaid with OSA-Parlay
2.2 Prepaid mobile communications
2.2.1 Prepaid mobile with CAMEL
2.2.2 Mobile Virtual Network Operators
2.2.3 Prepaid mobile with OSA-Parlay
3. Messaging services
3.1 Electronic mail
3.1.1 Mailbox provisioning
3.1.2 Newsletters and email publicity
3.1.3 E-mail notification services
3.1.4 Email virusses and spam
3.2 Short Message Service
3.2.1 Sending and receiving SMS from applications
3.2.2 Premium rate SMS
3.2.3 Alerting services
3.3.4 Cell broadcast service
3.3 Multimedia Messaging Service
3.3.1 The MMS standard
3.3.2 MMS interfaces
3.4 Instant messaging
3.4.1 Instant messaging standards
3.4.2 XMPP
3.4.3 SIMPLE
3.4.4 Instant messaging for business to consumer communications
3.5 Unified messaging
3.5.1 Setting up a unified message service
3.5.2 OSA Parlay generic messaging interface
Weblinks for chapter 3
4. Content services
4.1 Pull and push content
4.2 World wide web
4.2.1 Setting up a web site
4.2.2 Item or subscription based charging
4.2.3 Diallers
4.3 WAP
4.3.1 WAP gateways
4.3.2 Charging for WAP content
4.3.3 Billing WAP content through the operator
4.3.4 Third party WAP billing
4.4 iMode
4.5 Push content
4.5.1 Web Push
4.5.2 WAP push
4.6 Streaming content
4.6.1 Streaming over IP
4.6.2 Media coding and decoding
4.6.3 Streaming servers
4.6.4 Streaming for mobile devices
4.6.5 Charging for streaming content
4.6.6 Mediation
4.6.7 OSA-Parlay mediation interface
4.7 Content protection
4.7.1 Many options
4.7.2 Digital rights management
4.7.3 DRM standards
4.7.4 DRM enabled content business
Weblinks for chapter 4
References for chapter 4
5. Location based services
5.1 Location techniques
5.1.1 Cell ID based location
5.1.2 Enhanced Observed Time Difference (E-OTD)
5.1.3 Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (U-TDOA)
5.1.4 Global Positioning System (GPS)
5.1.5 Assisted GPS
5.2 Location architecture and interfaces
5.2.1 Mobile location protocol (MLP)
5.2.2 Secure User Plane Location
5.2.3 Combining MLP and SUPL
5.2.4 Roaming Location Protocol
5.2.5 OSA-Parlay
5.3 Adding location value
5.3.1 Location based applications and content
5.3.2 Location based gaming
5.3.3 The Gimkana location based game
5.4 Regulatory issues
Weblinks for chapter 5
References for chapter 5
6. Electronic commerce
6.1 E-commerce models
6.2 Business to consumer transactions
6.2.1 Merchant account
6.2.2 Credit card payments
6.2.3 Online store
6.2.4 Analyzing site visits
6.2.5 Preventing fraud
6.3 Business to business transactions
6.3.1 EDI
6.3.2 EDIFACT and EDIINT
6.3.3 ebXML
6.3.4 Rosettanet
6.4 Person to person transactions
6.4.1 Online auctions
6.4.2 Person to person payment on the Internet
6.4.3 Mobile payment
6.4.4 OSA-Parlay charging interface
Weblinks for chapter 6
References for chapter 6
Appendix
A.1 Internet
A.1.1 Internet protocols
A.1.2 World wide web
A.1.3 Cookies
A.1.4 Server side processing
A.1.5 Web services
A.1.6 Voice over IP
A.2 Information technologies
A.2.1 Extensible markup language
A.2.2 Public Key Infrastructure
A.2.3 Secure socket layer
A.3 Telephony
A.3.1 Signaling
A.3.2 Intelligent Networks
A.3.3 OSA-Parlay
A.4 Mobile networks
A.4.1 Global system for mobile telecommunications (GSM)
A.4.2 General packet radio system (GPRS)
A.4.3 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS)
A.4.4 CAMEL
Standards
Glossary
Bibliography
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