Spring 2002

In this issue...   Scale and Complexity Tradeoffs in Surface Transportation Modeling 3 Convergence in Telecommunications:  Meaning, History, Present Status, Future Rollout 9 Location-Based Wireless Services:  Finding People Everywhere 19 Business Case Analysis 25

Introduction

Welcome to the third publication of  -Noblis Technology Summaries. In this publication of  we present summaries of four technology areas . First, Karl Wunderlich presents an overview of scale and complexity tradeoffs in surface transportation modeling. Second, Tom Fowler presents an overview of telecommunications/information technology convergence. Third, Carl Kain presents an overview of location-based wireless services. Fourth, Carole Meals presents an overview of business case analysis. We hope these summaries are informative and useful to you and your clients.

We invite suggestions for future editions of , as well as your participation in preparing summaries for this publication. Please send your ideas to hgmiller@noblis.org.

Gil Miller
Vice President
Technology Development