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For all its late promise, the firm was born into rather humble circumstances, the brainchild of husband and wife Stanford academics Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, who were merely trying to exchange notes across the university's computer network. While Stanford's mainframes could crush even the most recalcitrant differential...
So promising--or threatening--is PCS that behemoths from AT&T to the Baby Bells are furiously overlaying their analog systems with digital networks to compete with upstart carriers. That creates more confusion as companies like AT&T, the largest wireless outfit in the country with some 7 million subscribers...
How do you untangle this array of choices? First, by deciding what you want a wireless phone for and how often you will use it. For people who are likely to spend fewer than 100 minutes in over-the-air yakking, a basic plan with few bells and whistles should...
As for the winners of the wire-less race, most handicappers put their money on major carriers such as AT&T, Sprint and MCI, which are creating "national footprints" with digital and analog systems. They also have the money to survive a down-and-dirty price war.
Some newcomers are already faltering. Pocket Communications, a Washington company that bid $1.4 billion for 43 digital licenses last year, was in bankruptcy court last month after missing an interest payment to a major creditor.