九十年代初期,英国将推出世界上第一个个人通信网,这个通信网的用户在上班、路上或家里均可用同一部电话机进行通话。英国政府现在已颁发了建立此通信网的许可证。三个互相竞争的公司集团都取得了成功。第一个公司集团包括墨丘利通讯公司、莫托洛拉公司与特列风尼卡公司;第二个公司集团包括英国航空航天公司(空间通讯公司)、玛特拉通讯公司、英国米里康公司、英国太平洋特列西斯公司与索尼公司;第三个公司集团包括STC 公司、美国西部公司、索恩 EMI 公司以及西德的联邦邮电电讯公司。这种通信网在九十年代初期建立起来后,将成为现有的移动式电话系统的竞争对手。由于这种通信网的成本比较低,设备的使用较方便,因此到九十年代末它们将会对两种传统的 In the early 1990s, the United Kingdom will launch the world’s first personal communications network. Users of this communications network can use the same telephone to conduct calls at work, on the road or at home. The British government has now issued a permit to establish this communication network. Three competing corporate groups have achieved success. The first group of companies includes Mercury Communications, Motorola and Tellonika; the second group of companies includes British Aerospace (Space Communications), Matra Communications, Miri, UK Conoco, British Pacific Transtex and Sony Corporation; the third group of companies includes STC Corporation, American West Corporation, Thorne EMI Corporation, and Federal Post and Telecommunications Corporation of West Germany. This communication network, established in the early 1990s, will become a competitor to existing mobile phone systems. Because of the relatively low cost of such communications networks, the use of equipment is more convenient, so by the end of the 1990s they will have