Alarm systems unready for phone switch Security companies seek more time on older wireless networks.(Business)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March, 2007 | by Kukec, Anna Marie

Byline: Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Writer Goodbye, analog. Or shall we say, good riddance? At least that could be what executives at the mobile phone service providers are thinking. After spending billions of dollars to build out and upgrade digital networks nationwide, service providers are ready to drop analog service on Feb.

18, 2008, with the blessings of the Federal Communications Commission. But not everyone is happy about the transition to digital. Some analog mobile phone holdouts already are being forced to pay extra fees to stay on a network when providers want to nudge them off. More importantly, about 1 million homes and businesses with security systems that operate on analog systems could be without protection come 2008. The...