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European user trial of paging by satelliteBritish Telecom conceived the idea of adapting their existing paging service, together with the use of existing terrestrial pagers, to yield a one way data (i.e., paging) satellite service to mobiles. The user trial of paging by satellites was successful. It demonstrated that services could be provided over a wide geographical area to low priced terminals. Many lessons were learned in unexpected areas. These include the need for extensive liaison with all users involved, especially the drivers, to ensure they understood the potential benefits. There was a significant desire for a return acknowledgement channel or even a return data channel. Above all there is a need to ensure that the equipment can be taken across European borders and legitimately used in all European countries. The next step in a marketing assessment would be to consider the impact of two way data messaging such as INMARSAT-C.
Document ID
19920014950
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Fudge, R. E. (British Telecom London, United Kingdom)
Fenton, C. J. (British Telecom London, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: JPL, California Inst. of Tech., Proceedings of the 2nd International Mobile Satellite Conference (IMSC 1990)
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
92N24193
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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