Phone firms test systems for cable TV

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Telephone companies, including GTE Corp, American Information Technologies Corp, Bell Atlantic Corp and Pacific Telesis Group, are researching ways to re-engineer their telephone networks to accommodate television signals. The changeover could cost tens of billions of dollars. Telephone companies are encouraged by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s decision in mid-Oct 1991 to allow telephone companies to implement 'video dial tone,' services, which would allow telephone subscribers to order television programs by dialing their telephones. Such an interactive television system would put phone companies into direct competition with cable television companies. It is thought that allowing telephone companies into the television business could generate sufficient business and funds to pay for the installation of 'broadband' data channels adequate for the needs of an information-rich future.

Telephone communications, exc. radio, Cable and other pay TV services, Information retrieval services, Regulation, admin. of utilities, Forecasts and trends, United States. Federal Communications Commission, Internet services, Telephone companies, Cable television, Science and technology policy, Information services, Telecommunications, Regional Bell Operating Companies, Pay-per-view television, Interactive television, Interactive Video, Telephone Company, Communications Technology, Cable Television/Data Services, Value-Added Networks, Pay Television, Bell Regional Holding Companies, Value-added networks (Telecommunication), Value added networks (Telecommunications)

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Paging firms scramble as cellular gains

Article Abstract:

A survey by Economic and Management Consultants International indicates that average monthly revenues for paging companies are falling on a year-to-year basis, and subscriber growth rates are slowing. Revenue for phone-number display devices fell 18 percent between 1987 and 1990, while revenue for beep-only devices fell 29 percent for that same period. Subscription growth rates fell from 35 percent in the 1970s and are projected to fall between eight and fifteen percent during the 1990s. Several paging companies view the cellular telephone industry as posing the greatest threat to their business and are exploring ways to offer more services, including voice mail and alphanumeric paging which would allow customers to both send and receive messages.

Radiotelephone communications, Economic aspects, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Surveys, Pagers (Communication devices), Competition, Cellular Radio, Survey, Telecommunications Service, Paging, Radio paging, Economic and Management Consultants International Inc.

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