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Index

Note: Hyperlinked page numbers in this electronic version of the index correspond to the page numbers in the printed edition. Since your e-reader may only show a portion of the printed page, you may need to scroll to the next page to find the index topic.

3G
177
,
181
,
186
–
192
,
204
,
258

4G
258

Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS)
42
,
44
,
82
,
92

Afghanistan
234
–
235

aircraft, mobile phones in
248
–
249

AirTouch Communications
88

American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T)
30
,
39
,
41
–
43

Android
208
–
209
,
230

Apple
5
,
19
,
70
,
181
,
193
–
218
,
226
–
227
,
229
,
246

apps
101
,
104
,
201
–
202
,
228
–
229

Arab Spring
236

ARM Holdings
218

Åsdal, Carl-Gösta
50

Australia
17
,
65
,
112

Azerbaijan
65

Bangladesh
104
,
123

batteries
11
,
13
,
15
,
217
–
218

Bell Labs
22
,
39
–
41

BlackBerry
171
,
193
–
194
,
208

British Telecom (BT)
80
–
81
,
83
–
84

camera phones
221
–
225

cars and phones
10
,
14
,
38
–
39
,
74
–
79
,
147
–
153
,
247

CB radio
149
–
150
,
254

CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
69
–
70
,
93
,
187
,
233

Cellnet
82
–
84
,
88
–
89
,
160
,
188

cells and the cellular idea
24
–
27

China
92
–
93
,
102
,
106
–
107
,
112
,
206
,
213
–
217
,
219
,
238
,
242

coltan
17
–
18

computers
178
–
179
,
196
–
198
,
216

Congo, Democratic Republic of
18
,
117
–
118
,
120
,
122

containerisation
183
–
185

conversation
72
–
74

Cooper, Martin
41

Corning Inc.
200

crime
147
–
149
,
158
–
159
,
247

Cuba
251
–
252

dead time
85

Denmark
47
,
49
,
64

Dowler, Milly
163
,
165
–
166

Egypt
237

EIN (Equipment Identification Number)
156

Ericsson, Lars Magnus
13
–
14
,
20
,
247

Estrada, Joseph
113
–
115
,
236

Europe
58
–
67

e-waste
122

Facebook
180
,
230
,
237
,
244

Fascia
132
,
136

FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access)
68
,
187

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
21
,
39
–
42
,
143

Finland
19
,
64
,
132
–
140
,
190

flashing
124
–
125

Foxconn
214
–
215

France
19
,
55
,
64
,
88
,
155
,
158
,
231

Galvin, Paul V.
38

games
139
,
180
–
181
,
202
,
228
–
229

Garrard, Garry A.
44
,
46
,
55
,
92
,
112
,
186

General Post Office (GPO)
28
–
30
,
76
–
77
,
139

Germany
54
–
57
,
64
,
88
,
156
,
188
,
231
,
244

Goggin, Gerard
222

Google
103
,
192
,
208
–
209
,
212
,
225
–
226

GSM (Groupe Spécial Mobile or Global System for Mobile)
47
,
58
–
67
,
73
,
85
,
92
,
95
,
98
,
119
,
136
,
156
,
181
,
186
–
187
,
204
,
218
,
232
–
233
,
241
,
256

Guinea
120
–
121

Haiti
118

hand-portables
45
–
46
,
66

happy slapping
223
–
225

health, mobile phones as a threat to
141
–
146

Hong Kong
112
,
122

Hutchison Whampoa
192

IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity)
104
,
157

i-Mode
96
–
100
,
186
,
189

India
102
–
106

intellectual property
209
–
211

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
21

iPhone
70
,
107
,
139
,
180
–
181
,
199
–
206
,
212
,
214
–
219
,
223
,
226
–
227
,
246
,
252

Iran
237
,
239
–
240

Iraq
231
–
234

Italy
54
,
64
,
190

Ive, Jonathan
198

Japan
19
,
53
,
94
–
101
,
222
,
244

Jobs, Steve
5
,
194
,
196
,
199
–
200
,
205
,
208
,
217
,
260
–
261

Johnson, E.F.
41

Kabila, Laurent
117

Kenya
127
–
131
,
191

Korea, North
238

Korea, South
19
,
207
–
209
,
211
–
212

Leveson, Lord and Leveson report
163
–
168

Liberia
120

liquid crystal displays
16
–
17

location, phones and
225
–
227

Lost Highway
171
,
173

Marconi, Guglielmo
11
–
13
,
20
,
191

Matrix, The
172

McLuhan, Marshall
220

Mercury Communications Ltd
80

Microsoft
30
,
197
,
212

Millicom
41
,
81
,
91

Mobile Switching Centres
26

Morozov, Evgeny
239
–
240

Motorola
18
–
19
,
38
–
39
,
41
,
45
–
46
,
66
–
67
,
198
,
209
,
212

movies, mobile phones and
169
–
174

M-PESA
127
–
131
,
191

Netz-C
56
,
156

New York World's Fair
35
–
38

newspapers
89
,
161
–
168

Niger
120

Nigeria
119
–
122
,
125
,
170
–
171
,
261

Nokia
18
–
19
,
53
,
66
,
88
,
132
–
140
,
172
–
173
,
180
,
208
,
212

Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) group and standard
50
–
53
,
54
,
58
,
63
,
65
,
81
,
136
,
185

Norway
47
,
49

NTT and NTT DoCoMo
94
–
100
,
113

O
2
88

Ollila, Jorma Jaako
135
–
140

One 2 One
86
–
89
,
188

Orange
86
–
89
,
188
,
232

Pakistan
104
–
106
,
122
,
261

pay as you go
87
,
122
–
123
,
151
,
153

PCN (Personal Communications Networks)
84
–
86

personal digital assistants
197

personal technologies
9
–
10
,
179

Philippines
113
–
116
,
236

phone hacking
161
–
168

predictive text
139

prisons, mobile phones in
243
–
244

privacy
69
,
168
,
221
–
222
,
242

privatisation
80

Qualcomm
70
,
93
,
249

radio spectrum and radio frequency allocation
20
–
23
,
27
,
76
–
77
,
187

Radiocom 2000
55

railways
72
,
221
,
249
–
250

ringtones
2
,
11
,
241

Ring, D.H.
5
,
24
–
28

roaming
62
–
63

Roman Empire
255
–
256

royalty
74
–
77
,
89
,
161

Russia
65
,
90
–
92
,
231

Rwanda
117
,
126

Samsung
18
–
19
,
207
–
212
,
218
,
246

schools, mobile phones in
244
–
246

security state
167

Siemens
11
,
19
,
55

SIM cards
56
,
122
,
156

Skype
192

Slovenia
190

smartphones
4
–
5
,
107
,
140
,
175
–
230
,
241
,
243
,
246
,
258
,
260
–
261

Somalia
120

Sony
19
,
94
,
212

South Africa
65
,
119
,
126

Spain
54
,
86

standards
44
,
50
–
52
,
58
–
67
,
69
–
70
,
81
–
82
,
85
–
86
,
183
–
185
,
231
–
233

Sudan
124
–
126

Sweden
13
–
14
,
19
,
47
–
50
,
54
,
63
–
64
,
188

Symbian
140
,
212

TACS (Total Access Communications System)
82
,
85
–
86
,
92

Taliban
234
–
235

tantalum
17
–
18

Tanzania
121
,
123
,
126

TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access)
69
–
70
,
187

terrorism
154
,
158
,
174
,
223
,
251

text messaging
63
,
111
–
116
,
139
,
240
,
250
,
257

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