Word: cellular
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Soviet purchases of the new technology of communication -- desktop publishing, computers and modems, fax and Xerox machines, cellular telephones -- could also have far-reaching effects. Washington has been cautious about releasing some of this, for fear it might enhance Soviet military power. On the contrary, it is more likely to advance the free flow of ideas and the growth of political diversity. A centralized state would find it hard to turn back the clock...
First came cordless phones, which made it possible to take all those irritating calls while mowing the lawn or relaxing in the hammock. Before long, cellular phones eliminated the commuter's peace and quiet on the highway. Now, if Motorola has its way, being unreachable is going to be downright impossible...
...spot on the planet. That means when the boss has a question, no Himalayan mountaintop or African jungle encampment will be beyond the reach of the ringing phone. Named Iridium, for the chemical element whose nucleus is orbited by 77 electrons, the Motorola plan would constitute the first global cellular system. Calls would cost $1 to $3 a minute, compared with about 50 cents a minute for cellular calls within urban systems linked by radio towers. Potential users include traveling executives and mining engineers who work in remote locations...
...potential investors in Japan, Australia and Hong Kong. Motorola estimates that Iridium will need 700,000 users to become profitable. While that is roughly equivalent to the Pittsburgh white pages, it is less than 1% of the 100 million people around the world who are expected to be using cellular phones by the end of the decade...
...speed its transformation to a market-based economy, Czechoslovakia (pop. 15.6 million) plans to triple the capacity of its overworked telephone system. In June the government chose U S West and Philadelphia-based Bell Atlantic to build a cellular-phone network beginning this fall. The U.S. firms will share a 49% stake in the venture...