ut of broadband services impact on economic development? 5. Should national governments fund the roll-out of fixed broadband infrastructure? These questions are followed by a list of learning objectives. These further help the reader with an overview for the topics discussed in the chapter and what may be learned. Some of the learning objectives for this book as a whole are: 1. What are the latest technological developments in telecommunications? 2. Which technology is more likely to survive the competition? 3. Who will (or should) fund the building of national broadband telecommunications infrastructure? To illustrate the concepts discussed in each chapter, a number of case studies and historical notes are included. These provide a context where technical, managerial and policy issues may be discussed, both in a classroom setting and also for individual study and reflection. Further learning tools include on-line simulation programs, and recordings of the author's lectures for the Broadband Telecommunications Technologies and Management course at Carnegie Mellon University. A dedicated website includes a large number of case studies on various telecommunications businesses. These links are available from Wiley's website and general search engines. Chapters end with a set of review questions and references. Teaching notes and presentation materials, as well as videos of our class presentations, are available for course instructors. Although our scope covers technology, business and policy aspects of telecommunications, number of chapters have a particular focus on telecommunications technology. In these and Preface other chapters, technology-business-policy synthesis is achieved through examples, case studies and review questions, where the reader can apply the analysis framework. As discussed above, telecommunications can be defined in terms of how information is handled. Chapter 1 is an introduction and discusses the telecommunications evolution and adoption. Chapter 2 introduces the technology-business-policy 