The ideal communications service (PCN)

Author

Ormerod, John ; Butterworth, Alex

Volume

30

Issue

6

fYear

1992

fDate

6/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

42

Abstract

The development of personal communications network (PCN) technology in the United Kingdom is reviewed. It is argued that the perceived benefits of PCN, smaller handsets, improved communication quality, and increased capacity of the PCN technology, as compared with the competing cellular networks, are expected to give the personal communications concept mass-market appeal. Future technological developments for PCNs and issues concerning PCN development, including competition, pricing strategy and penetration, market confusion, and technological limitations, are discussed.<>

Keywords

marketing; mobile radio systems; personal communication networks; technological forecasting; PCN; United Kingdom; communication quality; competition; future developments; increased capacity; market confusion; mass-market; mobile radio systems; perceived benefits; personal communications network; pricing strategy; technological limitations; Base stations; Communication industry; Dairy products; Distributed control; Europe; GSM; Information technology; Personal communication networks; Telecommunication services; Telephone sets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.141580

Filename

141580