Telephony - General

(last updated: 16-May-2015 09:31)
 

Books

  1. Competitive Telecommunications: How to Thrive Under the Telecommunications Act; Peter K. Heldman; McGraw-Hill, 1997.
     
  2. The Deal of the Century: The Breakup of AT&T; Steve Coll; Atheneam, 1986.
     
  3. Desktop Encyclopedia of Telecommunications; Nathan J. Muller; McGraw-Hill, 1998.
     
  4. Disconnecting Bell: The Impact of the AT&T Divestiture; Harry M. Shooshan III; Permagon Press, 1984.
     
  5. Disconnecting Parties: Managing the Bell System Break-up: An Inside View; W. Brooke Tunstall; McGraw-Hill, 1985.
     
  6. Engineering Economy, Second Edition; American Telephone and Telegraph Company; 1963.
     
  7. Engineering Economy: A Manager's Guide to Economic Decision Making, Third Edition; American Telephone and Telegraph Company; McGraw-Hill, 1977.
     
  8. Engineering and Operations in the Bell System; Bell Telephone Laboratories Inc., 1977.
     
  9. Engineering and Operations in the Bell System, Second Edition; R.F. Rey, Technical Editor; AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1983.
     
  10. The Essential Guide to Telecommunications; Annabel Z. Dodd; Prentice-Hall, 1998.
     
  11. The Fall of the Bell System; Peter Temin with Louis Galambos; Cambridge University Press, 1987.
     
  12. Future Trends in Telecommunications; R.J. Horrocks and R.W.A. Scarr; John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
     
  13. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: The Early Years, 1875 - 1925; M.D. Fagen, editor; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1975.
     
  14. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: National Service in War and Peace, 1925 - 1975; M.D. Fagen, editor; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1978.
     
  15. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Switching Technology, 1925 - 1975; A.E. Joel Jr., editor; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1982.
     
  16. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Physical Sciences, 1925 - 1980; S. Millman, editor; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1983.
     
  17. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Communications Sciences, 1925 - 1980; S. Millman, editor; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1984.
     
  18. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Transmission Technology, 1925 - 1975; E.F. O'Neill, editor; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1985.
     
  19. A History of Engineering and Science in the Bell System: Electronics Technology, 1925 - 1975; F.M. Smits, editor; Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1985.
     
  20. An Introduction to the Regulation of Telecommunications; Kim Robert Scovill; Telephony Publishing Corporation, 1985.
     
  21. Introduction to Telecommunications Network Engineering; Tarmo Anttalainen; Artech House.
     
  22. Introduction to Telephones and Telephone Systems, Third Edition; A. Michael Noll; Artech House, 1999.
     
  23. Introduction to Teletraffic Engineering; Ramses R. Mina; Telephony Publishing Corporation, 1974.
     
  24. The Irwin Handbook of Telecommunications, Third Edition; James Harry Green; McGraw-Hill, 1997.
     
  25. Networks and Telecommunications: Design and Operation; Martin P. Clark; John Wiley & Sons, 1991.
     
  26. On the Line: The Men of MCI - Who Took on AT&T, Risked Everything, and Won!; L. Kahaner; Warner Books, 1987.
     
  27. Principles of Telecommunications-Traffic Engineering; D. Baer; Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1976.
     
  28. The Rape of Ma Bell: The Criminal Wrecking of the Best Telephone System in the World; Constantine Raymond Kraus and Alfred W. Duerig; Lyle Stuart, 1988.
     
  29. Routing and Dimensioning in Circuit-Switched Networks; Andre Girard; Addison-Wesley, 1990.
     
  30. Routing in Telecommunications Networks; Martha Streenstrup, editor; Prentice Hall, 1995.
     
  31. Signalling in Telecommunications Networks; Samuel S. Welch; Peter Peregrinus Ltd., England, 1981.
     
  32. A Slippery Slope: The Long Road to the Breakup of AT&T; Fred W. Henck and Bernard Strassburg; Greenwood Press, 1988.
     
  33. The Spirit of Independent Telephony; Charles A. Pleasance; Independent Telephone Books, Johnson City, TN, 1989.
     
  34. The Story of Telecommunications; George P. Oslin; Mercer University Press (Macon GA), 1992.
     
  35. Telecommunication System Engineering, Second Edition; Roger L. Freeman; John Wiley & Sons, 1989.
     
  36. Telecommunication System Engineering, Third Edition; Roger L. Freeman; John Wiley & Sons, 1996.
     
  37. Telecommunications; Marion Cole; Prentice Hall, 1998.
     
  38. Telecommunications Deregulation; James Shaw; Artech House, 1998.
     
  39. Telecommunications in Europe; Eli Noam; Oxford University Press, 1992.
     
  40. Telecommunications and the Law: An Anthology, Volume 1; Walter Sapronov, editor; Computer Science Press, 1988.
     
  41. Telecommunications Primer: Signals, Building Blocks and Networks; E. Bryan Carne; Prentice Hall, 1995.
     
  42. Telecommunications Technology Handbook; Daniel Minoli; Artech House, 1992.
     
  43. Telecommunications Traffic, Tariffs and Costs: An Introduction for Managers; R. E. Farr; Peter Peregrinus Ltd., 1988.
     
  44. Telephone: The First Hundred Years; John Brooks; Harper & Row, 1976.
     
  45. Traffic Flow Fundamentals; A.D. May; Prentice Hall, 1990.
     
  46. Understanding Telephone Electronics, Third Edition; Stephen J. Bigelow; Newnes/Butterworth-Heinemann, 1997.
     
  47. Wrong Number: The Breakup of AT&T; Alan Stone; Basic Books, 1989.

AT&T/Bellcore Notes on the Network

  1. Notes on the Network, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1980.
     
  2. See section on "Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) Documents" for Bellcore document "Notes on the BOC Intra-LATA Networks".

Periodical Articles and Conference Papers

  1. "Message Waiting Service", BLR Sep 1959 pgs 342-344.
     
  2. "DX Signaling: A Modern Aid to Telephone Switching", BLR 38:6 Jun 1960 pgs 216-220.
     
  3. "Overseas Dialing: A Step Toward Worldwide Telephony", BLR 39:7 Jul 1961 pgs 240-245.
     
  4. "Telephone Answering Services", BLR Dec 1965 pgs 447-450.
     
  5. "Signaling Systems ... An International Concern", BLR 48:1 Jan 1970 pgs 13-18.
     
  6. "Overseas Dialing: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow", BLR 48:5 May 1970 pgs 142-149.
     
  7. Issue of the Bell Laboratories Record on "Bell Labs' First 50 Years: Prelude to Tomorrow", BLR 53:1 Jan 1975.
     
  8. "An Introduction to the CCITT R2 Signalling System", POEEJ 71:1 Apr 1978 pgs 37-43.
     
  9. "International Dialing: No Longer a Novelty", BLR 57:1 Jan 1979 pgs 26-31.
     
  10. "Signaling Systems", NEC'83 pgs 165-174.
     
  11. "Plan for Access-Tandem and Trunking", TE&M 87:22 Nov 15 1983 pgs 140-142.
     
  12. "Switching Technology in a New Network Structure", ISS'84 Keynotes pgs 37-44.
     
  13. "The Telephone - The Ultimate Terminal", Telephony 206:23 Jun 4 1984 pgs 34-40.
     
  14. "Secrets of Cordless Phones", 73 (Amateur Radio's Technical Journal) No. 286 Jul 1984 pgs 20-22.
     
  15. "Tackling Carrier Access Billing", Telephony 207:11 Sep 3 1984 pgs 62-63.
     
  16. "Access Charge Strategies", Telephony 207:12 Sep 10 1984 pgs 99-102.
     
  17. "The Decision to Divest: Incredible or Inevitable?", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 46-55.
     
  18. "The Telecommunications Bazaar", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 56-63.
     
  19. "Invasions and Counterinvasions", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 64-69.
     
  20. "The Consumer Reels in the Aftermath", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 70-77.
     
  21. "Bypassing is Big Business for Business", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 78-83.
     
  22. "Safeguarding the National Security", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 84-89.
     
  23. "New Directions for a 'National Resource'", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 90-96.
     
  24. "Weathering the Storm: Terminations and Transfers", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 97-103.
     
  25. "The Innovation Revolution Awaits", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 104-110.
     
  26. "What's Ahead: Choices for Tomorrow", Spectrum 22:11 Nov 1985 pgs 111-112.
     
  27. "An Overview of Computer III: Regulating the Integrated Network Environment", Telecommunications Jul 1986.
     
  28. "Report: Access Charge and Revenue Architecture", ATTJ 66:3 May/Jun 1987 pgs 73-81.
     
  29. "Telecommunications in the Coming Decades", Spectrum 24:11 Nov 1987 pgs 62-67.
     
  30. "Technology - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow", TE&M 92:2 Jan 15 1988 pgs 63-65.
     
  31. "ANI and the Caller's Right to Anonymity", BCR 18:5 Sep-Oct 1988 pgs 75-78.
     
  32. "Carter Reminisces - How It All Began", TE&M 92:22 Nov 15 1988 pgs 48-50.
     
  33. "Events in the Interconnect Saga", TE&M 92:22 Nov 15 1988 pg 58.
     
  34. "What They Said", TE&M 92:22 Nov 15 1988 pgs 65-71.
     
  35. "Bell Breakup Plus Five: Mixed Reviews", Spectrum 25:13 Dec 1988 pgs 26-31.
     
  36. "Calling Card and Pay Telephone Developments", BCR 19:2 Feb 1989 pgs 74-77.
     
  37. "Keeping the Phone Lines Open", IEEE SPECTRUM 26:6 Jun 1989 pgs 32-36.
     
  38. "Operator Services at a Crossroads", Telephony 218:6A Feb 5 1990 pgs 50-53.
     
  39. "Toward a Digital Single Line Phone", TE&M 94:5 Mar 1 1990 pgs 56-64.
     
  40. "Historical Perspectives on the U.S. Telephone Loop", ICM 29:3 Mar 1991 pgs 24-28.
     
  41. "Power and Energy in the Local Loop", ICM 29:3 Mar 1991 pgs 76-82.
     
  42. "What's New in Call Accounting?", BCR 21:8 Aug 1991 pgs 41-45.
     
  43. "The Four-Digit Solution", TE&M 95:16 Aug 15 1991 pgs 56-62.
     
  44. "The Agreement That Made History", TE&M 98:2 Jan 15 1994 pgs 22-24.
     
  45. "A-OK Without AT&T", TE&M 98:2 Jan 15 1994 pgs 28-30.
     
  46. "Research Still Is Developing", TE&M 98:2 Jan 15 1994 pgs 35-37.
     
  47. "How Do RBOCs Spell Relief?", TE&M 98:2 Jan 15 1994 pgs 38-39.
     
  48. "A Decade of High-Tech Progress", TE&M 98:2 Jan 15 1994 pgs 40-44.
     
  49. "Look Ma, We're in the Phone Business", TE&M 98:2 Jan 15 1994 pgs 52-55.
     
  50. "Battling for Local Phone Customers", Spectrum 36:5 May 1999 pgs 32-37.
     
  51. "A Taxonomy of Rerouting in Circuit-Switched Networks", ICM 37:11 Nov 1999 pgs 116-122.