Wireless WANs use cellular networks and satellites to transmit data over vast distances. They provide connectivity inside and outside buildings using technologies like CDMA, GSM, and GPRS. Key components include small, mobile user devices, radio network interface cards, cell towers as base stations, and satellites in orbit that receive and transmit signals. Wireless WANs come in cellular-based and space-based varieties, with cellular systems using cell towers and data gateways and satellite systems using orbiting satellites and ground-based antennas and base stations. Modulation techniques for wireless transmission include FDMA, TDMA, and CDMA.