parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (12/10/84)
From Radio Communications Report (International Thomson Com- munications, Inc.) December 3, 1984: GE WITHDRAWS PRCS FROM FCC SYRACUSE - The General Electric Co. has anounced it will no longer pursue development of its personal radio com- munications service [PRCS]...... The corporate move comes surprisingly close to an expec- ted FCC rulemaking on a proposed allocation of spectrum for the PRCS and a variety of other newly proposed servi- ces. GE was seeking 4 MHz of spectrum (898 - 902 MHz and 937 - 941 MHz) from the land mobile reserve spectrum..... The proposed radio service received mixed reviews within the land mobile radio industry, with comments ranging from "a poor man's cellular" to a sophisticated citizens band radio. GE's PRCS was actually a little of both. It proposed to offer low-priced two-way communications with the capabil- ity of interconnection to the public switched telephone network. The proposed service was expected to have a range of 5 miles up to 15 miles with a repeater..... Mura Corp. is also seeking FCC support for a "consumer radio service" using 900 MHz land mobile reserve frequen- cies. -- =============================================================================== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414