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  2. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

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    Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile phones than wired devices. [1] The history of mobile phones covers mobile communication devices that connect wirelessly to the ...

  3. Category:Mobile phones introduced in the 1980s - Wikipedia

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    Category: Mobile phones introduced in the 1980s. ... Mobile phones introduced in 1989‎ (1 P) This page was last edited on 17 February 2019, at 21:36 (UTC). ...

  4. Motorola bag phone - Wikipedia

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    Motorola introduced the Bag Phone line in 1988. [1] These phones offered more durability and higher power output (up to 3 watts) than more conventional cell phones of the time, such as Motorola's own DynaTAC and MicroTAC handheld phones, making them popular for truckers, boaters, and people in rural areas. Because of their durability, many ...

  5. Motorola DynaTAC - Wikipedia

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    A DynaTAC 8000X; the first commercially available mobile phone from 1983. Electrical engineer Martin Cooper of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model on April 3, 1973. This is a reenactment in 2007. The DynaTAC is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994.

  6. Mobira Cityman 900 - Wikipedia

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    UL61, 9.6 V, 1000mAh, NiCD. Display. 8 numbers Monochrome. The Cityman 900 is the third phone from the left in the front. The Mobira Cityman 900 was released in 1987 by Nokia-Mobira. [1] It was one of the first handheld cell phones. The nickname of the phone in Finland was Gorba. This was because the President of the Soviet Union Mikhail ...

  7. Mobile phone - Wikipedia

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    A mobile phone or cell phone[ a ] is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone). The radio frequency link establishes a connection to the switching systems of a mobile phone operator, which ...

  8. 1G - Wikipedia

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    1G refers to the first generation of cellular network (wireless) technology. These are mobile telecommunications standards that were introduced in the 1980s and were superseded by 2G. The main difference between these two mobile cellular generations is that the audio transmissions of 1G networks were analog, while 2G networks were entirely digital.

  9. List of wireless network technologies - Wikipedia

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    2G (or 2-G) provides three primary benefits over their predecessors: phone conversations are digitally encrypted; 2G systems are significantly more efficient on the spectrum allowing for far greater mobile phone penetration levels; and 2G introduced data services for mobile, starting with SMS (Short Message Service) plain text-based messages. 2G technologies enable the various mobile phone ...