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Timeline of mobile telephony

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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"/> ||
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| 2008 (March) || {{w|Mobile phones on aircraft}} || [[w:Emirates (airline)|Emirates]] airline flights begin allowing in-flight voice calls on some commercial airline flights.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.emirates.com/bh/English/flying/our_fleet/emirates_a380/news_and_events/emirates-offers-first-mobile-phone-service-onboard-a380-aircraft.aspx|title= Emirates offers first mobile phone service onboard A380 Aircraft|date=October 4, 2012|accessdate=23 July 2019|publisher=Emirates}}</ref> ||
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| 2008 || Network shutdown || The whole {{w|Advanced Mobile Phone System}} (AMPS) service is shut down across {{w|North America}}. This would be considered the end of an era.<ref name="History of Mobile Cell Phones | The First Cell Phone To Present Time"/> ||
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