eader an insight into the real life situation. For this purpose an appendix on project management in the roll-out project has been included, giving the reader an end-to-end view of a roll-out project process. Though the fundamentals for most of the concepts are covered in the book Fundamentals of Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation (published by John Wiley & Sons, 2004), some places in this book do have some basic concepts for the benefit of the reader. However, Fundamentals is highly recommended. The book has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction to the cellular networks. This chapter takes us on a journey from the first generation to the third generation networks. Chapter 2 describes radio network planning and optimisation. The chapter deals with the issues of planning and optimisation for GSM, EGPRS and WCDMA networks. Every time a concept is explained, e.g. planning in GSM, it is followed by planning in EGPRS networks followed by planning in WCDMA networks. This is done while keeping in mind the philosophy behind this book. It will give the engineer working in the field quick information on how he/she should handle a particular technology network. Chapter 3 discusses transmission network planning and optimisation. Microwave planning has been covered in much more detail for the benefit of the transmission/microwave planning engineers. PDH, SDH and ATM have been covered in much more detail as compared to Fundamentals. Again the writing methodology is similar to Chapter 2. Chapter 4 is about core network planning and optimisation. This chapter is divided into two parts: circuit switched core and packet switched core network planning and optimisation. As core planning engineers are aware, the planning of core networks these days is based on releases, e.g. release 99, release 4, etc. Therefore the presentation is based on the release rather than the technologies (GSM, EGPRS, etc.). Chapter 5 discusses technologies beyond 3G. However, as the standardisation for 4G is 