INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION
	
	Geneva,  20 April 2000	
	Publication Notice    No.  288-00	

GMPCS Reference Book
Edition 2000		

via ITU Website   	
This first edition of the “GMPCS Reference Book” provides information on all aspects of GMPCS services, including reference materials, covering regulatory, technical, operational and commercial implications. Its specifically logical presentation aids the reader in discovering all there is to know about this new breakthrough which could be extremely beneficial to developing countries aiming at Universal Access.
	
Date of publication:	May 2000	
Language:	English, French, Spanish	
Paper format:	About 200 pages – A4 (21  29.7 cm)	
Electronic format:	Word for WindowsTM – Adobe AcrobatTM PDF	
Article number:	English:
French:
Spanish:	16857 
16858 
16859	
ISBN number:	English:
French:
Spanish:	92-61-08311-0
92-61-08312-9
92-61-08313-7	
Price in Swiss Francs:	Catalogue Price:     CHF  48.–
Member States and Sector Members:     –15%
Least developed countries:      – 80%
Electronic Bookshop:    CHF  48.–    (No discount)	

GMPCS Reference Book
Edition 2000

In producing this first edition of the “GMPCS Reference Book”, BDT has endeavoured to make available to world telecommunication administrations, regulators, system operators and service providers, as well as to all interested individuals, a hand-ready compilation of existing key reference materials pertinent to GMPCS services, together with the associated regulatory, technical, operational and commercial aspects and/or impact of their introduction.
This book, developed within BDT’s mandat under “Opinion No. 5” of the first World Telecommunication Policy Forum (WTPF-96), aims, in particular, at assisting the developing countries to make the most appropriate and beneficial use of the GMPCS technology breakthrough for the development of their telecommunication services (Universal Access).
Thanks to the self-explicit and detailed table of contents, the structured presentation of the material in a logical generic sequence and the targeted explanation and comments, the book gives the reader an easy overall follow-up and understanding of the various evolutionary phases through which the regulatory environment has developed and which have marked the introduction of GMPCS services during the past decade. Alternatively, the reader can easily go straight to the particular subject of his interest.

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Article number:  16857	No.  288-00	
GMPCS Reference Book
Edition 2000

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