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Out in the field, in your office, or in class, Telecommunications Pocket Reference, by Travis Russell, helps you deliver winning telecom decisions for any system. An overview of telecom basics -- transmission, protocols, and networking -- this handy tool designed for easy portability answers virtually any telecom question, from network configurations to voice over the Internet. Uniquely readable, it gives you:

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