Cell phones have changed the way we live, and for any one of us a world without cellular telephone technology isn't even possible. But all the today's advancement did not happen in simply a decade. Cell phones, like us have been developed over a while.
Older phones did not permit us to surf the Web or to visit a website, watch flicks online, do internet shopping and all. They even did not permit us to talk hassle freely. In this piece, we are going to take a look on the interesting journey of cell phones, and how they became so smart. So here you go: Pre-standardization or '0G ' phone services:
It may be said that this was a pre-standardization of cell phones, an age when cell phones were first built. AT&T was one of the first carriers to exploit commercially mobile telefone in 1947. It was named as Mobile Telefone Service (MTS) for that time. It spread to over hundred towns. Mobile phones had a half-duplex press-to-speak system where a user had to leave the button for listening and press for speaking. Telephones were also not transportable. Later 1in 1965, the company introduced IMTS in America which grew to 40000 customers across the nation.
In 1960, world's first totally automated mobile phone was introduced in Sweden. System authorized the usage of a circular dialing knob for communication, which was fitted within a vehicle. It was named as MTA. In 1959, a company was born which is sometimes known as Motorola today, and Doctor. Martin Cooper, a researcher from the company, was the first to make a phone call from hand held mobile phone on April 3, 1973.
Analogue cellular networks or '1G': It was actually the first generation of mobile networks and it's the model we use today. The 1st cellular network using multiple tower sites was developed in 1977 in Chicago. Developed by AT&T, it took 11 years to get FCC approval and more for going in the market. Another Japanese company NTT followed the trend and introduced similar network. It became the first of its kind to cover the entire country and changed its name to NMT in 1981. It spread very quickly in numerous other nations as well , and was the first to introduce global roaming.
Digital cellular network or '2G': Later in 1990s, mobile devices became smaller and lighter. GSM and CDMA standards were introduced in this time. SMS messaging happened, and first SMS got sent in 1992 in UK, through a PC. After twelve months, first person to person call was made in Finland using this network. Internet surfing on mobile devices and downloading also were born in this age, and this technology is still in function.
Mobile broadband or '3G': In 2001, NTT Docomo introduced 3G. Many countries followed the trend and soon it became widely evolved. Usage of this technology made things like Live TV and lightening fast online video streaming possible for mobile devices.
Local IP or '4G': No official standard exist for 4G, still many hand-held devices claim to support this technology and firms like LTE and Run also offer this technology. The major advancement is video streaming and Live Television, which is a lot faster than 3G. Still because this standard is in a development phase, it does not even exist in some countries like Australia.
Covering this interesting journey of cell phones in 700+ words isn't very easy. Still I've attempted to cover every vital side of this revolution. I am hoping you liked it. For lots of users, this revolution is important, and for people that don't think it's engaging, should switch to 2G networks and use them for watching YouTube videos. I suspect that can change their minds.
Older phones did not permit us to surf the Web or to visit a website, watch flicks online, do internet shopping and all. They even did not permit us to talk hassle freely. In this piece, we are going to take a look on the interesting journey of cell phones, and how they became so smart. So here you go: Pre-standardization or '0G ' phone services:
It may be said that this was a pre-standardization of cell phones, an age when cell phones were first built. AT&T was one of the first carriers to exploit commercially mobile telefone in 1947. It was named as Mobile Telefone Service (MTS) for that time. It spread to over hundred towns. Mobile phones had a half-duplex press-to-speak system where a user had to leave the button for listening and press for speaking. Telephones were also not transportable. Later 1in 1965, the company introduced IMTS in America which grew to 40000 customers across the nation.
In 1960, world's first totally automated mobile phone was introduced in Sweden. System authorized the usage of a circular dialing knob for communication, which was fitted within a vehicle. It was named as MTA. In 1959, a company was born which is sometimes known as Motorola today, and Doctor. Martin Cooper, a researcher from the company, was the first to make a phone call from hand held mobile phone on April 3, 1973.
Analogue cellular networks or '1G': It was actually the first generation of mobile networks and it's the model we use today. The 1st cellular network using multiple tower sites was developed in 1977 in Chicago. Developed by AT&T, it took 11 years to get FCC approval and more for going in the market. Another Japanese company NTT followed the trend and introduced similar network. It became the first of its kind to cover the entire country and changed its name to NMT in 1981. It spread very quickly in numerous other nations as well , and was the first to introduce global roaming.
Digital cellular network or '2G': Later in 1990s, mobile devices became smaller and lighter. GSM and CDMA standards were introduced in this time. SMS messaging happened, and first SMS got sent in 1992 in UK, through a PC. After twelve months, first person to person call was made in Finland using this network. Internet surfing on mobile devices and downloading also were born in this age, and this technology is still in function.
Mobile broadband or '3G': In 2001, NTT Docomo introduced 3G. Many countries followed the trend and soon it became widely evolved. Usage of this technology made things like Live TV and lightening fast online video streaming possible for mobile devices.
Local IP or '4G': No official standard exist for 4G, still many hand-held devices claim to support this technology and firms like LTE and Run also offer this technology. The major advancement is video streaming and Live Television, which is a lot faster than 3G. Still because this standard is in a development phase, it does not even exist in some countries like Australia.
Covering this interesting journey of cell phones in 700+ words isn't very easy. Still I've attempted to cover every vital side of this revolution. I am hoping you liked it. For lots of users, this revolution is important, and for people that don't think it's engaging, should switch to 2G networks and use them for watching YouTube videos. I suspect that can change their minds.
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