Path: utzoo!telecom-request Date: Wed, 12 Jun 91 09:15:09 -0700 From: Peter Marshall Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: First Cable TV Firm Enters PCN Phone Test Message-ID: Organization: TELECOM Digest Sender: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu 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 457, Message 1 of 12 Lines: 14 (from "Teleputing Hotline," 5/30/91) Through an alliance with McCaw Cellular, the U.S. largest cellular phone operator, the #1 cable TV operator, Tele-Communicaations, will test-market Personal Communications Network cellular phone service in Oregon. The two companies envision the service to be more like cellular ... than a cordless telephone. However, it could [be] less expensive than cellular, with fewer features and more limited mobility. Rather than being a competitor to existing cable firms -- McCaw is the largest -- the deal envisions PCN as a low-cost, crippled alternative.