`The future´: GSM-features versus the cost [cellular radio]

Discusses the development of cellular radio in the UK. By mid 1991 one will see the start of two digital cellular services and in 1992 the start of three new personal communication networks (PCNs). The most significant fact is that all five of these networks will most probably be based on a common standard-the Groupe Speciale Mobile (GSM)-and this will be adopted throughout Europe. Having one standard in itself should bring prices down because for the first time both infrastructure and terminal manufacturers really will have a mass market in which to sell. So even without any other consideration there will inevitably be some price benefits emerging from the sheer economies of scale