Links
This section provides links to useful sources of general information about the cellular industry. Smith Myers has no control over the content of these sites. Please let us know if any of these links are not operational.
The following sites give a general overview of cellular technologies and commercial aspects of the cellular market and operations. They cover a wide range of technologies and geographical areas.
Cellular Online is a site packed full of cellular information. Much of it is consumer orientated but there is also some news and market information to be found. Particularly useful is their overview of Cellular Technologies and their link to the worldwide Cellular Operator web sites.
The CTIA is the main trade organisation for cellular operators and equipment makers in the US.
3GAmericas.org is an organisation bringing together the various players involved in bringing 3G and related technologies to North and South America. They have a Technology Center section on their web site that gives some basic information on the emerging standards.
The GSM Association is the main industry organisation for GSM related companies in Europe. Their site is mainly commercially oriented but it does have a small technology section that contains some useful information.
The CDMA Development Group is a consortium of companies that are promoting CDMA for cellular systems. Their web site is mainly commercial but again has a small technology section.
The following sites are more technical in nature and can go into some depth on the operation of specific aspects of the cellular infrastructure.
John Scourias of the University of Waterloo in Canada has written an overview of how GSM operates. This goes into quite a bit of technical detail of the underlying protocols. An extended version can be found here