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| 1964 || Pre-cellular [[w:Very High Frequency|VHF]]/[[w:Ultra High Frequency|UHF]] {{w|radio}} system launch || {{w|Improved Mobile Telephone Service}} (IMTS) is introduced by {{w|AT&T}} as a replacement to {{w|Mobile Telephone Service}} (MTS) and improved on most MTS systems by offering direct-dial rather than connections through a live operator.<ref name="Mobile telephone britannica">{{cite web|title=Mobile telephone|url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/mobile-telephone#ref1079050|website=britannica.com|accessdate=25 July 2017}}</ref> ||

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| 1968 || Network technology || {{w|Bell Labs}} starts developing the {{w|Advanced Mobile Phone System}} (AMPS) standard.<ref name="Introduction to the History of Computing: A Computing History Primer"/> || {{w|United States}}

| 2001 || Technology || The popularity of {{w|voice over IP}} grows with startlingly rapid progress, with the number of installed voice-over-IP networks, the number of players in the voice-over-IP arena, the dollars spent on voice-over-IP products, the number of channels shipped and even the capacity of voice-over-IP products, all having doubled within a year.<ref>{{cite book |title=Network World 29 Jan 2001 |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=dBsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=%22Voice+over+IP%22+%22in+1970..2015%22&source=bl&ots=GNFd6MjzMu&sig=ACfU3U1B-0AvlbBUFxrFpmlwWV5-A3GUGw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjC49aw587jAhUJpFkKHczuB_oQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Voice%20over%20IP%22%20%22in%201970..2015%22&f=false}}</ref> ||

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| 2002 (June) || Organization || The {{w|Open Mobile Alliance}} (OMA) is formed as a {{w|standards body}} with aims at developing {{w|open standard}}s for the {{w|mobile phone}} industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Open Mobile Alliance: Delivering Service Enablers for Next-Generation Applications|url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1817021|website=acm.org|accessdate=30 July 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2005 || Handset release || The {{w|Casio GZ'One}} is released as the first waterproof phone.<ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/> ||

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| 2005 || Policy || The Cell Phone Recycle Act is passed in {{w|California}}.<ref name="cell phone Timeline"/> || {{w|United States}}

| 2007 || Policy || {{w|Google}} opens [[w:Android (operating system)|Android operating system]] for free development and use, making its own services default for search, video and email.<ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/> ||

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| 2007 || Technology || {{w|T-Mobile US}} rolls out a service, T-Mobile HotSpot@Home, that allows a single handset to switch seamlessly from cellular to Wi-Fi access in the home and at the 8,900 T-Mobile Hotspot locations in the United States.<ref>{{cite book |title=Plunkett's Telecommunications Industry Almanac 2009 |edition=Jack W. Plunkett |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=6PUiN5cE7-QC&pg=PT49&lpg=PT49&dq=%22mobile+hotspot%22+%22in+1990..2010%22&source=bl&ots=V03D_VFM35&sig=ACfU3U3QW8mAEihjO-TvCm_bonlTRfs50w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipkKHmleDjAhWFA9QKHcdrCQAQ6AEwAXoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22mobile%20hotspot%22%20%22in%201990..2010%22&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

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| 2007 || Coverage || The total number of mobile phone subscribers in the world is estimated at 3.3 billion, equivalent of over half the planet's population.<ref name="Geophysical Hazards: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness"/> 295 million {{w|3G}} users are estimated around the world. This number accounts for 9% of the total worldwide number of mobile users.<ref name="History of Mobile Cell Phones | The First Cell Phone To Present Time"/> ||

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| 2008 || Policy || The {{w|International Telecommunication Union}} (ITU) sets forward a list of requirements for what it calls {{w|IMT Advanced}}, or {{w|4G}}. These requirements include data rates of 1 gigabit per second for a stationary user and 100 megabits per second for a moving user.<ref name="Mobile telephone britannica"/> ||

| 2008 || Technology || Several mobile phone providers in the {{w|United States}} start to include {{w|IPv6}} capabilities in their phones.<ref>{{cite web |title=IPv6 on Your Mobile Phone |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/2233853/cisco-subnet-ipv6-on-your-mobile-phone.html |website=networkworld.com |accessdate=6 August 2019}}</ref> IPv6 is the most recent version of the {{w|Internet Protocol}} (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the {{w|Internet}}. || {{w|United States}}

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| 2009 || Network technology || Swedish telephone company [[w:Telia Company|TeliaSonera]] introduces the first {{w|4G}} [[w:LTE (telecommunication)|LTE]] network in {{w|Stockholm}}.<ref name="Mobile telephone britannica"/> || {{w|Sweden}}

| 2011 || Mobile as a modem || The Verizon iPhone is released. It includes the 'Personal Hotspot" feature which allows a user to use the iPhone as a wireless [[w:hotspot (Wi-Fi)|hotspot]], with up to five devices connecting at one time.<ref name="vsw verizon iP4 record 1">{{cite press release|title=Verizon Wireless Has Record Sales On First Day Of iPhone 4|url=http://news.vzw.com/news/2011/02/pr2011-02-04.html|publisher={{w|Verizon Wireless}}|accessdate=February 4, 2011|date=February 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name="wp verizon iP4 release 1">{{cite news|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2011/01/liveblog_the_verizon_iphone.html|work=The Washington Post|title=Liveblog: The Verizon iPhone|date=|accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="npr verizon iP4 release 1">{{cite web|last=Memmott|first=Mark|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/01/11/132833078/its-official-verizon-has-iphone-4|title=It's Official: Verizon Has The iPhone 4: The Two-Way|publisher=NPR|date=January 11, 2011|accessdate=31 July 2019}}</ref><ref name="wsj verizon iP4 release 1">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703791904576075681886276172|work=The Wall Street Journal|first=Shayndi|last=Raice|title=Verizon Unwraps iPhone|date=January 12, 2011}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}

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| 2012 || Organization || The British Government announces the establishment of a {{w|5G}} Innovation Centre at the {{w|University of Surrey}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.surrey.ac.uk/ccsr/business/5GIC/|title=5G Innovation Centre|work=University of Surrey - Guildford|accessdate= 29 July 2017}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}

| 2015 (October) || Technology || {{w|AT&T}} first introduces Wi-Fi calling, a feature that allows customers to place calls over {{w|Wi-Fi}} in instances where a cellular connection is poor.<ref>{{cite web |title=AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Calling to Cover International Calls to U.S. When Traveling |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2016/03/22/att-international-wi-fi-calling/|website=macrumors.com |accessdate=23 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}, {{w|Puerto Rico}}, {{w|Virgin Islands}}

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| 2016 (February) || || {{w|NTT DoCoMo}} and {{w|Ericsson}} succeed in World's first trial to achieve a cumulative 20Gbit/s with two simultaneously connected mobile devices in {{w|5G}} outdoor trial.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2016/0222_03.html|title=DOCOMO and Ericsson Succeed in World's first trial to achieve a cumulative 20Gbps with two simultaneously connected mobile devices in 5G Outdoor Trial|work={{w|NTT DoCoMo}}|date=February 22, 2016|accessdate=July 14, 2017}}</ref> ||

| 2017 (April) || Technology || All {{w|Regional Internet Registries}} confirm that {{w|IPv4}} addresses are exhausted and cannot be allocated any more, implying all new organizations requesting a block of Internet addresses would be allocated {{w|IPv6}} addresses.<ref>{{cite web |title=IPv6 Is A Failure - Time To Move On |url=https://www.i-programmer.info/news/81-web-general/12160-ipv6-is-a-failure-time-to-move-on.html |website=i-programmer.info |accessdate=19 October 2019}}</ref> ||

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| 2017 || Network technology || As of date, more than 90% of the world's population is expected to have {{w|2G}} coverage, 85% is expected to have {{w|3G}} coverage, and 50% {{w|4G}} coverage.<ref name=Ericsson-Nov2012>[http://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2012/ericsson-mobility-report-november-2012.pdf ''Ericsson Mobility Report''], Ericsson, November 2012</ref> ||

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* [[Timeline of WhatsApp]]

* [[Timeline of Wi-Fi]]

* [[Timeline of Xiaomi]]

* [[Timeline of money transfer]]

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