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The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has published Mobile Station--Base Station Compatibility Standard, a revision of TIA/EIA-553-A, The document includes technical requirements for a cellular radio telecom system, ensuring that a mobile station can obtain service in any cellular system manufactured to meet TIA/EIA-553-A specifications. Requirements do not cover equipment performance or measurement procedures. For more details, visit www.tiaonline.org.

Information Gatekeepers, Inc. (IGI) has released two studies by Datacomm Research Company, Wireless Web Wonders and Satellites in Cyberspace. The first study discusses upcoming opportunities for smart phones and PDAs; the second examines trends in Internet-based satellite ventures. Visit www.igigroup.com.

NFS Illustrated by Bret Callaghan, published by Addison-Wesley, gives a thorough understanding of the network file system (NFS). The NFS protocol enables access to files, now a key element in LANs and increasingly being used with WANs and the Web. Callaghan, a 13-year veteran of Sun Microsystems' NFS group, draws on extensive diagrams and real protocol traces to show NFS in action. Visit www.aw.com.

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