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Where are Cellular 800Mhz and PCS 1900Mhz systems deployed? The original group of service providers that already had Cellular Band networks covering their urban and rural coverage areas deployed their PCS networks only in the urban areas where they had capacity issues. Since they did not not have capacity problems in their rural coverage areas and they already had Cellular Band networks in these areas, the Cellular Band networks were left in place. It is important to state that the small rural service providers that already had their Cellular Band licenses and networks in place left them alone and did not deploy PCS. The new group of entrants that purchased PCS licenses were aware that if they stood a chance of making a profit that they had to do so in the urban areas where the cellular subscriber numbers were increasing, so they set up their PCS networks in the urban areas and, as the 21st century approached, they deployed some limited coverage on major highways on which their urban subscribers would often commute so they could stay competitive with the dual band service providers. At this present time cellular coverage in North America has evolved and stabilized as such: the Cellular 800 Mhz band is almost omnipresent in both urban areas and rural areas and in particular it is almost exclusive in remote areas.The PCS 1900 Mhz band is primarily found in large urban areas and some major highways. If one was to paint a visual picture of cellular coverage in North America and Cellular 800 was the color red and PCS 1900 was the color green, then the whole map would be red with green spots covering major cities and some major highways. |
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