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| 1999 || Handset release || The BlackBerry 850 launches as the first BlackBerry phone. It would become famous for its super-easy email service.<ref name="physicslover"/> ||
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| 1999 || Handset release || "The {{w|Motorola Timeport" "This was }} is released. It is the first tri-band GSM phone, meaning it worked works "everywhere around the world"."<ref name="physicslover"/> ||
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| 1999 || {{w|Mobile payment}} || Movie tickets become available for purchase through {{w|mobile payment}}.<ref name="The History of Mobile Pay">{{cite web |title=The History of Mobile Pay |url=https://emspayments.com/history-of-mobile-pay/ |website=emspayments.com |accessdate=24 July 2019}}</ref> ||
| 2005 || Policy || The Finnish government decides that the fastest way to warn citizens of disasters is the mobile phone network.<ref name="Geophysical Hazards: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness">{{cite book|last1=Beer|first1=Tom|title=Geophysical Hazards: Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3zL__qAVI8cC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%222005%22+%22finnish%22+%22disasters%22+%22mobile+phone%22&source=bl&ots=YXO-R62Axh&sig=ypvZuOOzCYD98utPFopAkHP4wMI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinlqfq5azVAhULG5AKHeR9CfgQ6AEIKDAB#v=onepage&q=%222005%22%20%22finnish%22%20%22disasters%22%20%22mobile%20phone%22&f=false|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> || {{w|Finland}}
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| 2005 || Mobile payment Handset release || "{{w|Nokia }} launches the first {{w|Near-field communication}} (NFC)-enabled phone."<ref name="The History of Mobile Pay"/> ||
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| Mid-2000s || Network technology || Underground systems in the Americas start deploying mobile connectivity in their underground assets.<ref name="Internet connectivity in underground rail systems"/> || {{w|Americas}}
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| 2006 || Study || British researcher at the {{w|University of Staffordshire}} links mental wellbeing issues, such as [[w:Stress (biology)|stress]], to mobile use.<ref name="Constant Touch: A Global History of the Mobile Phone"/> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
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| 2006 (June) || Network launch technology || The world's first commercial {{w|mobile WiMAX}} service is opened by [[w:KT (telecommunication company)|KT]] in {{w|Seoul}}. <ref name="kt">{{cite web |url=http://www.biztechreport.com/story/1619-super-fast-4g-wireless-service-launching-south-korea |title=Super-Fast 4G Wireless Service Launching in South Korea |last=Shukla |first=Anuradha |date=October 10, 2011 |work=Asia-Pacific Business and Technology Report |accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> || {{w|South Korea}}
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| 2006 (August) || {{w|Mobile phones on aircraft}} || Irish airline {{w|Ryanair}} announces that it would introduce a facility to allow passengers to use their mobile phones in-flight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0830/ryanair-business.html |title=RTÉ Business: Ryanair signs OnAir deal for in-flight mobiles |publisher=Rte.ie |date=2006-08-30 |accessdate=23 July 2019}}</ref> ||
| 2012 || Health || A study of low-frequency radiation on humans finds "no evidence for acute effects of short-term mobile phone radiation on cerebral blood flow".<ref name=nci>[https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/radiation/cell-phones-fact-sheet#q4 What has research shown about the possible cancer-causing effects of radiofrequency energy?], United States National Cancer Institute</ref><ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Kwon MS, Vorobyev V, Kännälä S, etal | year = 2012 | title = No effects of short-term GSM mobile phone radiation on cerebral blood flow measured using positron emission tomography | url = | journal = Bioelectromagnetics | volume = 33 | issue = 3| pages = 247–56 | doi=10.1002/bem.20702| pmid = 21932437 }}</ref> However, several animal studies demonstrate damage to the blood-brain barrier from phone radiation.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Nittby|first=Henrietta|last2=Brun|first2=Arne|last3=Eberhardt|first3=Jacob|last4=Malmgren|first4=Lars|last5=Persson|first5=Bertil R. R.|last6=Salford|first6=Leif G.|date=August 2009|title=Increased blood-brain barrier permeability in mammalian brain 7 days after exposure to the radiation from a GSM-900 mobile phone|journal=Pathophysiology: The Official Journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology|volume=16|issue=2–3|pages=103–112|doi=10.1016/j.pathophys.2009.01.001|issn=0928-4680|pmid=19345073}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Tang|first=Jun|last2=Zhang|first2=Yuan|last3=Yang|first3=Liming|last4=Chen|first4=Qianwei|last5=Tan|first5=Liang|last6=Zuo|first6=Shilun|last7=Feng|first7=Hua|last8=Chen|first8=Zhi|last9=Zhu|first9=Gang|date=2015-03-19|title=Exposure to 900 MHz electromagnetic fields activates the mkp-1/ERK pathway and causes blood-brain barrier damage and cognitive impairment in rats|journal=Brain Research|volume=1601|pages=92–101|doi=10.1016/j.brainres.2015.01.019|issn=1872-6240|pmid=25598203}}</ref> ||
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| 2012 || Statistics || At the end of the year there are roughly 1.5 billion mobile broadband subscriptions, growing at a 50% year-on-year rate.<ref name=Ericsson-Feb2013>[http://www.ericsson.com/res/docs/2013/ericsson-mobility-report-february-2013.pdf ''Ericsson Mobility Report: Interim Update''], Ericsson, February 2013</ref>||
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| 2013 || Technology || [[w:Apple Inc.|Apple]] introduces {{w|FaceTime}} Audio. A version of {{w|FaceTime}} simply featuring audio-only, so only the user's voice is transmitted in the call.<ref name="FaceTime: What It Is & How to Use It">{{cite web |title=FaceTime: What It Is & How to Use It |url=https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-facetime-2000237 |website=lifewire.com |accessdate=23 July 2019}}</ref> || {{w|United States}}
