“无线”国度 WIPELESS NATION
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出 版 社： 上海蓝泉外文图书有限公司
出版时间： 2004-12-1字数：版次：页数： 338印刷时间：开本：印次：纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780738203911包装： 精装内容简介
IRFLFSSNATION is two fascinatingstories in one: It's the sensational account of the entre-preneurs and corporate barons who built America'swireless industry, and an insider's perspective on thegreatest government boondoggle of our time.Written by industry insider James B. Murray, Jr.,Wireless Nation details how the genesis of thecell phone business became the biggest federal give-away since the Oklahoma Land Rush-andthe most misguided one in history. From 1985
on, the U.S. government essentially ran a casino,awarding invaluable spectrum licenses-the coveted permits needed to run cell phone systems- via lottery.
Anyone could win, regardless of whether they'd everrun a business, or even seen a cell phone. Hucksters peddled applications to anyone who would buy, andall over America random golddiggers and sincere hopefuls tried their luck. When the lottery drum stopped twirling, truckdrivers, nurses, deep-sea divers and preachers suddenly found themselves newly minted cell phone entrepreneurs.
目录
Foreword
Prologue
PART ONE
1 You Could Be a Winner!
2 At the Starting Gate
3 The Long and Wireless Road
4 The Players
5 The Rounds and the Fury
6 The Wheeling and Dealing Begins
7 The Boys' Club
8 Le Grand Deal
9 The Big Monopoly Game
10 The Exodus Begins
PART TWO
11The Truck Driver Transforms
12Take the Money and Run
13The Rush Is On
14Pig Farmers and Hairdressers
15A Hustle Here, a Hustle There
16Mortgaging the House of Cards
17 Catching the Third Wave
18 Last Call at the Casino
PART THREE
19 The Nationwide Footprint
20 The Next Big Thing
21 Going, Going, Gone
22 Everybody's Got One
23 After the Gold Rush
24 Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Index
