Cable: a flexible transport infrastructure for PCS

Cable is a transport medium capable of providing a full range of narrowband and broadband applications. With the advent of hybrid fiber/coax transport facilities, cable is positioned to provide a transport medium superior to the telephone company local loop for broadband applications. Personal communications services (PCS) is a specific application that has caused the cable television industry to examine several different approaches to exploiting the cable television network. Cable's focus is on several wireless telephony solutions which include transport for cellular microcells, PCS transport for third-party providers, and an infrastructure for cable operators who choose to provide end-to-end FCS. But before cable enters PCS, a number of business and public policy issues remain to be resolved.<
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