 and required capabilities for technologies, 332 SAN, 59 streamlined LTE infrastructure, 341-349 Gbps (gigabits per second), 6, 19 WiMAX antennas and air interface, 339 Genachowski, Julius, 316 WiMAX technology, 340 General Packet Radio Service. See GPRS frame relay, 224, 250, 256, 258 Germany, 413 frames, 60 Deutsche Telekom, 416 Framingham, Massachusetts, 37, 291, 292 GGSN (GPRS gateway support node), 331 France, 413 Index Gigabit Ethernet, 19, 171, 243. See also Carrier GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), 325, 381 Gigabit Ethernet EDGE versus, 326 Carrier Gigabit Ethernet, 172 GPS (Global Positioning System) GPONs (Gigabit Ethernet PONs), 200 killing lost or stolen devices with, 356 scalability, 217 managed service, 238 transition of MANs to, 187 greenfield developments, PONs bringing fiber to, versus SONET, 172 gigabits per second (Gbps), 6, 19 ground stations, 377 gigahertz (GHz), 242 group video conferencing, 53, 91 GigE. See Gigabit Ethernet GSM (Global System for Mobile Communica- Globacom, 411 tions), 306, 321, 331, 380 Global Communications, 412 architecture in second-generation networks, Global Positioning System. See GPS Global System for Mobile Communications. CDMA versus, 323 See GSM in China, 395 GO MOVIL, 396 costs and logistics of upgrading to WCDMA, Google, 6, 109, 151-154 advertising revenue, 286 LTE and, 339 Android operating system, 357 mobile networks in Brazil, 403 cloud computing for individuals and small mobile networks in Nigeria, 410 businesses, 33 refarming spectrum and using for LTE ser- competition for advertising revenue, 279 vices, 389 key acquisitions, 152 guard bands, 320 mobile software strategy, 154 network neutrality modifications, 294 offerings, 153 other initiatives, 154 H.263 compression, 46 over-the-top VoIP provider, 220 H.264 protocol, 92 reisdential desktop video services, 91 H.323 protocol suite, 92, 101 search engine, 265, 396 handheld devices, 353 software companies acquired by, 265 benefits for SDRs in handsets, 348 YouTube, 132 multiband versus multimode handsets,