Telecommunication Systems is a journal covering all aspects of modeling analysis design and management of telecommunication systems. The journal publishes high quality articles dealing with the use of analytic and quantitative tools for the modeling analysis design and management of telecommunication systems covering: Performance Evaluation of Wide Area Networks; Network Interconnection; Impact of New Services (economic and organizational impact); Design and Analysis Issues in Metropolitan Area Networks; Dynamics and Capacity Expansion of Telecommunication Systems; Multimedia Based Systems Their Design Configuration and Impact; Configuration of Distributed Systems; Pricing for Networking and Telecommunication Services; Performance Analysis of Local Area Networks; Distributed Group Decision Support Systems; Configuring Telecommunication Systems with Reliability and Availability; Cost Benefit Analysis and Economic Impact of Telecommunication Systems; Standardization and Regulatory Issues; Security Privacy and Encryption in Telecommunication Systems; Cellular Mobile and Satellite Based Systems.