A.T.&T. considers entering cellular service abroad

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AT&T is considering entering the cellular-telephone service market in Europe and the Soviet Union, according to Richard S. Bodman, its senior VP for corporate strategy. Bodman hinted at this possibility at Telecom 91 in Geneva, Switzerland, where AT&T introduced data traffic-management equipment and software for telephone companies. The new products, known as SDH Product Family 2000, are based on synchronous digital hierarchy, a new international standard. AT&T's possible entry into the international cellular-telephone service market is considered significant because the company has more resources than any other telecommunications company worldwide. Providing cellular service needs a substantial capital investment. The US cellular-telephone market totals $3 billion with 6.4 million subscribers. Europe has 3.8 million subscribers. With a new pan-European cellular telephone standard called Groupe Speciale Mobile, the market could grow to 20 million subscribers within a ten-year period.

Europe, Soviet Union, Market Entry

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Head start on data superhighway

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Comcast Corp, the third largest cable-television and the fifth largest cellular-telephone company in the US, is well positioned to beat local telephone companies to the punch in inaugurating the promised national information superhighway. Comcast, which had $900.3 million in 1992 revenues, is the only major cable operator with a stake in nearly every part of the telecommunications services industry, including specialized mobile radio and alternate local telephone service. The company is currently negotiating with AT&T and MCI Communications to develop multimedia long-distance services. While local telephone companies would have to replace the copper wires connecting homes to their systems with fiber-optic lines to offer video-on-demand and full-motion videotelephone services, cable companies such as Comcast have already installed coaxial cables capable of carrying these services that run by or into 96 percent of US homes.

Radiotelephone communications, Cable and other pay TV services, Internet services, Cable television, Communications industry, Comcast Corp., Product development, Videophones, Telephone systems, Telephone System, Cable Television/Data Services, Video Telephones

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MCI, grown big, looks abroad

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MCI Communications Corp is planning to expand its services and enter the international market as domestic competition from AT&T and US Sprint heat up. All three telecommunications companies are looking toward foreign contracts with companies, such as Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, France Telecom, Deutsche Bundespost Telekom and BT, formerly British Telecommunications. Europe and Asia are considered the growth areas. MCI hopes to get involved in the lucrative communications expansions associated with video conferencing, remote medical consultation and other data services. MCI also plans to provide data services for large corporate clients abroad. New technologies such as fiber optics and digital communication further encourage companies to cut long-distance prices in light of active competition in the industry.

Telegraph & other communications, Prices and rates, Long distance telephone services, Sprint Corp., Long-distance telephone service, MCI Communications Corp., MCIC, International communication, Industry Analysis, International Communications, Expansion

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