PCS (Personal Communications Service) is a set of standards. Most PCS standards are based on an existing standard. PCS is little more than the operation of these standards on the frequency bands of 1930-1990MHz for receiving and 1850-1910Mhz for transmitting.

PCS StandardBase Standard

PCS TDMA IS-136
PCS CDMA IS-95
PCS 1900 GSM
PACS PHS cordless
DCT-U DECT cordless
Composite CDMA/TDMA n/a

PCS Network Operators

Sprint PCS operates a PCS network in the United States.

Additional Reading on PCS

For more information on PCS, read Personal Communications Service (PCS) by the International Engineering Consortium.