随着美国联邦通讯委员会对99个覆盖全美的PCS许可证的拍卖,正悄悄升温的无线领域的竞争因而变得紧迫起来。拍卖所得的77亿美元的数额虽低于早些时估计的100亿,但毕竟是个突破,且要远远超过去年夏季在寻呼和交互电视许可证上所得的22亿。还有几个小的频谱段的拍卖将过些时候进行。据预测,个人通讯业务会在1996年初急剧膨 With the FCC’s auction of 99 nationwide PCS licenses, competition in the wireless arena is quietly heating up. Although the amount of $ 7.7 billion from the auction was lower than the $ 10 billion estimated earlier, it was a breakthrough after all and far exceeded the $ 2.2 billion of paging and interactive television licenses last summer. There are still a few smaller spectrum auctions going on. It is predicted that the personal communications business will rapidly balloon in early 1996