Wireless TV

[David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>]

BELL ATLANTIC CORP. WILL TEAM with tiny CellularVision of New York, a New
Jersey company, for development of a wireless, interactive television
system, reported the Wall Street Journal, 8/5/93.  The microwave
technology is expected to directly compete with cable television services
in the five city boroughs and in three surrounding counties.  The system
is designed to send a high frequency signal to an antennae mounted in a
customer's window, requiring perhaps hundreds of transmitters to be
scattered around the city.  A test of technology is currently serving
about 200 customers, who pay $29.95 per month for 49 channels.