Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: tg@chmsr.gatech.edu (T. Govindaraj) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Will Digital Make Analog Cellular Phones Obsolete? Message-ID: <16768@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 8 Feb 91 01:24:44 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: "T. Govindaraj" Organization: Center for Human-Machine Systems Research - Georgia Tech Lines: 27 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 11, Issue 100, Message 3 of 8 Greetings! I have been thinking about getting a cellular telephone and am wondering if current cellular phones will become obsolete and unusable when cellular goes digital. When are we expected to go digital? What is the conventional wisdom on the format? (The immediate trigger for this question is an article in the February 1991 issue of {IEEE Spectrum} entitled "Ericsson bets on a cellular world".) If digital cellular is expected in the next couple of years, I don't want to spend a lot of money if the phone is likely to become unusable. Also, I would welcome opinions and suggestions about a small portable that would fit in my spouse's purse (i.e., light and small), but not too expensive. Any opinions on the advantages of going with PacTel or BellSouth? Thank you very much. T. Govindaraj +1 404 894 3873 (voice) tg@chmsr.gatech.edu +1 404 894 2301 (fax) tg@chmsr.uucp; 128.61.3.10 School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 765 Ferst Drive, ISyE-0205, Atlanta, GA 30332-0205, USA