Introduction to Telecommunications Network Engineering

Telecommunications is one of the fastest growing business sectors of modern information technologies. A couple of decades ago, to have a basic understanding of telecommunications, it was enough to know how the telephone network operated. Today, the field of telecommunications encompasses a vast variety of modern technologies and services. Some services, such as the fixed telephone service in developed countries, have become mature, and some have been exploding (e.g., cellular mobile communications and the Internet). The deregulation of the telecommunications industry has increased business growth, even though, maybe because, tariffs have decreased.