Next-generation wireless networks and services will be drastically more complex than today’s 2G and 3G systems. New technologies, new networking schemes, and new services will be part of this changing environment. In offering new services, operators will need to employ more powerful and efficient but more user-friendly ways of managing the underlying networks. In this talk, we will first provide an overview of wireless networks, then an overview of network management, and finally we’ll talk about the management of wireless networks in particular.