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| 1985 || || The first mobile call in the {{w|United Kingdom}} is made.<ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}} | | 1985 || || The first mobile call in the {{w|United Kingdom}} is made.<ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}} | ||
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− | | 1989 || || [[w:Motorola MicroTAC|Motorola MicroTAC 9800X]] is released. It becomes the first phone to feature a flip–down.<ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/> || | + | | 1989 || Mobile release || [[w:Motorola MicroTAC|Motorola MicroTAC 9800X]] is released. It becomes the first phone to feature a flip–down, and also the smallest and lightest phone available at the time.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1989-04-26/business/fi-1843_1_cellular-service-tac-personal-telephone-pocket-size-cellular-phone Motorola Has a Pocket-Size Cellular Phone] Los Angeles, April 26, 1989</ref><ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/> || |
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| 1991 || || "Second-generation 2G cellular telecom networks were commercially launched on the {{w|GSM}} standard in {{w|Finland}} by {{w|Radiolinja}} (now part of {{w|Elisa Oyj}}) in 1991."<ref name="Radiolinja's History">{{cite web|url=http://www.elisa.com/english/index.cfm?t=6&o=6532.50 |title=Radiolinja's History |date=20 April 2004 |accessdate=23 December 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023212724/http://www.elisa.com/english/index.cfm?t=6 |archivedate=23 October 2006 }}</ref>" || {{w|Finland}} | | 1991 || || "Second-generation 2G cellular telecom networks were commercially launched on the {{w|GSM}} standard in {{w|Finland}} by {{w|Radiolinja}} (now part of {{w|Elisa Oyj}}) in 1991."<ref name="Radiolinja's History">{{cite web|url=http://www.elisa.com/english/index.cfm?t=6&o=6532.50 |title=Radiolinja's History |date=20 April 2004 |accessdate=23 December 2009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023212724/http://www.elisa.com/english/index.cfm?t=6 |archivedate=23 October 2006 }}</ref>" || {{w|Finland}} |
Revision as of 12:46, 24 July 2017
This is a timeline of mobile telephony.
Big picture
Time period | Development summary | More details |
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Full timeline
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1876 (March 10) | Antecedent | Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, makes the first phone call.[1] | United States |
1960 | The first fully automated mobile telephone is introduced in Sweden. The system, known in Swedish as Mobiltelefonisystem A (MTA), allows for automated connection from a rotary handset (that’s the circular dialing knob to me and you) mounted within a car, but requires an operator to forward calls.[2][2] | Sweden | |
1962 | Mobiltelefonisystem A (MTA) is replaced by Mobiltelefonisystem B (MTB), which uses transistorized mobile sets. This system would last until 1983.[2] | Sweden | |
1973 | The first mobile call is made by a Motorola employee. The phone weighs over a kilo and takes 10 hours to charge.[1] | ||
1979 | 1G, the first generation of wireless telephone technology, is launched in Japan by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT). It is the first commercially automated cellular network.[1] "initially in the metropolitan area of Tokyo. Within five years, the NTT network had been expanded to cover the whole population of Japan and became the first nationwide 1G network." | Japan | |
1981 | "In 1981, the Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) system simultaneously launched in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. NMT was the first mobile phone network to feature international roaming."[1] | ||
1983 | "In 1983, the first 1G network launched in the USA was Chicago-based Ameritech using the Motorola DynaTAC mobile phone." The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X becomes the first mobile for sale in the United States. It costs US$4000.[1] | United States | |
1985 | The Nordic Mobile Telephone grows to 110,000 subscribers in Scandinavia and Finland, 63,300 in Norway alone, which makes it the world's largest mobile network at the time.[3] | ||
1985 | The first mobile call in the United Kingdom is made.[1] | United Kingdom | |
1989 | Mobile release | Motorola MicroTAC 9800X is released. It becomes the first phone to feature a flip–down, and also the smallest and lightest phone available at the time.[4][1] | |
1991 | "Second-generation 2G cellular telecom networks were commercially launched on the GSM standard in Finland by Radiolinja (now part of Elisa Oyj) in 1991."[5]" | Finland |
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone". mcs-testequipment.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "A Brief History Of Mobile Phones". makeuseof.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ Nordsveen, Arve M (28 November 2005). "Mobiltelefonens historie i Norge" (in Norwegian). Norsk Telemuseum. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007.
- ↑ Motorola Has a Pocket-Size Cellular Phone Los Angeles, April 26, 1989
- ↑ "Radiolinja's History". 20 April 2004. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 23 December 2009.