Most people are unaware of any discrepancy between the terms cellular and PCS. PCS services have cropped up however, in order to offer a viable alternative to cellular phone plans. While both are providers of mobile communication, there are some slight differences between the two. PCS stands for Personal Communications Services, which is essentially the trademark for the difference between the two. PCS boasts its ability to cater its services to meet the needs of the client. PCS is defined as a combination of services like paging, caller ID and e-mail. PCS has an emphasis on personal service and extended mobility, often used in place of digital cellular.
A cell, used for communication between such named cell phones, is described as such: Cell: The basic geographic unit of a cellular system and the basis for the generic industry term cellular. A city or county is divided into small cells, each of which is equipped with a low-powered radio transmitter/receiver. The cells can vary in size depending on terrain and capacity demands. By controlling the transmission power and the radio frequencies assigned from one cell to another, a computer at the Mobile Telephone Switching...