When was the cellular telephone invented?

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When was the cellular telephone invented?

Answer 1

Advanced Mobile Phone Service, Inc. was a subsidiary of AT&T prior to the Bell System Divestiture. Abbreviated AMPS, the company was created in 1978 to build and operate the new Advanced Mobile Phone System also abbreviated AMPS. AMPS was developed by Bell Labs to replace older, severely limited radiophone services, such as IMTS. AMPS was one of the first modern cellular phone systems, which remains in operation until 2008.

Service started in Chicago on October 13, 1983 and in the Washington, DC area December 1983.

Answer 2

The introduction of cells for mobile phone base stations, invented in 1947 by Bell Labs engineers at AT&T, was further developed by Bell Labs during the 1960s. Radiophones have a long and varied history going back to Reginald Fessenden's invention and shore-to-ship demonstration of radio telephony, through the Second World War with military use of radio telephony links and civil services in the 1950s, while hand-held cellular radio devices have been available since 1973. Due to their low establishment costs and rapid deployment, mobile phone networks have since spread rapidly throughout the world, outstripping the growth of fixed telephony.

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Answer 3

(Looks like that first answer was right out of 'Wikipedia.') Motorola started making cellular 'brick' phones in the late 70's...Even Radio Shack got into the analog cellular business shortly after. These first phones were bulky and heavy.. 'Bag' phones were also popular in early cellular days.