Hello all, This week we pause for Current Events. This week current events will be the topic for Next Weeks Lesson. The Subject, as we continue our study on the Information Superhighway's big picture is Wireless Communications...
(Oct. 6) An industry tracker says annual revenues from wireless telecommunications could reach $82.7 billion by the year 2006, compared with the current level of $21.3 billion.
According to United Press International, in a report from Carmel, California, Paul Kagan Associates is predicting the number of subscribers will grow to 142.8 million from 34.8 million during that period, representing an annual growth rate of 16 percent.
Cellular phones will dominate the industry in the next few years, the firm reports, with two new technologies -- enhanced mobile radio and personal communications services, or PCS -- starting to fuel growth during the next century.
Kagan Associates predicts:
-:- Cellular customers will rise from 34.7 million to 74.5 million in the year 2000, then add another 17.9 million over the following six years.
-:- PCS will have reached 8 million by the turn of the century and hit 37.5 million by the year 2006, and enhanced radio services will go from 3.1 million in 2000 to 12 million six years later.
UPI says the study shows PCS is expected to target consumers with a low-cost "basic" service slightly undercutting cellular's packages, with the average PCS bill running at $36 by 2006, compared with $40 for cellular and enhanced radio at $55.
We wrap up yet another lesson. Remember these lessons can be found via:
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Our Tip of the Week
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There are magazines that are so called "Informers". The have the latest news on people, places and things, at least so they claim. Where do you find the latest "scoop" about the Internet?
Answer.
The Internet Informer.
How?
Where?
informer@cris.com
What to ask for?
Subscribe to informer
Enjoy!