Whatever path wins out, Central California appears to be hooked into the wireless era. This is why you have the big guys here. The rival companies guard information about their relative shares of the Valley market. Not even the California Public Utilities Commission knows the numbers, which it calls the companies' proprietary information. What is clear is that wireless providers make aggressive pitches to prospective customers beginning with inexpensive and sometimes free telephones.
Analysts point to the advent soon of disposable wireless phones.
It is not the phone but the available services over the phone and allied equipment that wireless providers use to win and keep their Valley customers. This is such a wireless age. Everybody thinks he needs it. The options can include paging, voice mail and call forwarding, and usually cater to businesses, he says. Two-way radio allows for conversations and other communications among multiple stations.