Despite the fact that it believes we should all sit around and wait for a system that promises an almost overnight revolution in personal communications until the standards bureaucracy lumbers into gear and has spent five years failing to reach agreement, GEC Plessey Telecommunications has decided nevertheless to apply for one of the two to […]
Despite the fact that it believes we should all sit around and wait for a system that promises an almost overnight revolution in personal communications until the standards bureaucracy lumbers into gear and has spent five years failing to reach agreement, GEC Plessey Telecommunications has decided nevertheless to apply for one of the two to four Telepoint main contractor operatinglicences that the Department of Trade & Industry intends to award towards the end of the year: Ferranti International Plc heads the queue of bidders, and Racal Telecommunications Group, British Telecom and Mercury Communications are not far behind, but it is also possible that GEC and Plessey will each also bid separately, and the Racal-Plessey Orbitel Mobile Communications venture may also tender.
