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| 1965 || Network technology || AT&T introduces the first major improvement to mobile telephony, creating the Improved Mobile Telephone Service, which allows more simultaneous calls in a given geographic area, introducing customer dialing, and reducing the size and weight of the equipment.<ref name="A BIG CHANGE FOR HUMANITY">{{cite web |title=A BIG CHANGE FOR HUMANITY |url=https://phoneevolution.wordpress.com/ |website=phoneevolution.wordpress.com |accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref>
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| 1968 || System standard development 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}}
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| 1969 || Network technology || [[w:Penn Central Transportation Company|Penn Central Railroad]] equips commuter trains along the New York-[[w:Washington, D.C.|Washington]] route with special pay phones that allow passengers to place telephone calls while the train is moving.<ref name=GS2006>Gordon A. Gow, Richard K. Smith ''Mobile and wireless communications: an introduction'', McGraw-Hill International, 2006 {{ISBN|0-335-21761-3}} page 23</ref> || {{w|United States}}
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| 1969 || Organization || The Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT) Group is established in {{w|Scandinavia}} and {{w|Finland}} with the purpose to develop a mobile phone system that, unlike the systems being introduced in the {{w|United States}}, focuses on accessibility.<ref name="physicslover"/> || {{w|Denmark}}, {{w|Sweden}}, {{w|Norway}}, {{w|Finland}}
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| 1969 || Program launch PNetwork technology || Engineers from the Nordic countries meet and set up the first mobile phone system international standard, the Nordic Mobile Telephony (NMT).<ref name="Growth Through Innovation: Managing the Technology-Driven Enterprise">{{cite book|last1=Boutellier|first1=Roman|last2=Heinzen|first2=Mareike|title=Growth Through Innovation: Managing the Technology-Driven Enterprise|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Gti4BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=%22+mobile+phones%22+%22saint+louis%22+%221945%22&source=bl&ots=2eWiBDNLRy&sig=lINddVyZmQ57aDoDvXHPs_seaHI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWvYCJgKvVAhWKIpAKHQZmBnAQ6AEIOTAD#v=onepage&q=%22%20mobile%20phones%22%20%22saint%20louis%22%20%221945%22&f=false|accessdate=28 July 2017}}</ref> || {{w|Scandinavia}}
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| 1971 || Terminology || The term ''cell'' comes into play when {{w|AT&T}} proposes splitting phone service into different areas across the cities. These areas are called ''cells''.<ref name="cell phone Timeline">{{cite web|title=cell phone Timeline|url=http://www.softschools.com/timelines/cell_phone_timeline/28/|website=softschools.com|accessdate=24 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="Week 3- Timeline of the cell-phone"/> || {{w|United States}}
| 1972 || Network technology || {{w|B-Netz}} {{w|mobile radio}} network is launched in {{w|West Germany}}.<ref name="History of Mobile Cell Phones | The First Cell Phone To Present Time"/> || {{w|Germany}}
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| 1973 || Technology milestone || 10 years before a cell phone is first released onto the market, [[w:Martin Cooper (inventor)|Martin Cooper]], a {{w|Motorola}} researcher and executive, makes the first analog mobile phone call using a heavy prototype model. The communication is carried out between Cooper and {{w|Joel S. Engel}} of {{w|Bell Labs}}.<ref>{{cite news|last=Shiels |first=Maggie |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2963619.stm |title=BBC interview with Martin Cooper | work=BBC News | date=April 21, 2003}}</ref><ref name="History of Mobile Cell Phones | The First Cell Phone To Present Time"/><ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/>|| {{w|United States}}
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| 1973 || Handset release || {{w|Motorola}} becomes the first company to mass produce the the first handheld mobile phone.<ref name="History of mobile phones and the first mobile phone">{{cite web |title=History of mobile phones and the first mobile phone |url=https://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/guides/history-of-mobile-phones/ |website=uswitch.com |accessdate=25 June 2019}}</ref> ||
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| 1973 || Mobile phone service || A cellular telephone switching plan is described by Fluhr and Nussbaum.<ref>"Switching Plan for a Cellular Mobile Telephone System":, Z. Fluhr and E. Nussbaum, IEEE Transactions on Communications volume 21, #11 p. 1281 (1973)</ref> ||
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| 1977 || Network technology || A cellular telephone data signaling system is described by Hachenburg et al.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1109/T-VT.1977.23660 |title=Data signaling functions for a cellular mobile telephone system|year=1977|last1=Hachenburg|first1=V.|last2=Holm|first2=B.D.|last3=Smith|first3=J.I.|journal=IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology|volume=26|pages=82–88}}</ref> ||
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| 1979 (December) || Network technology || {{w|1G}}, the first generation of {{w|wireless}} {{w|telephone}} {{w|technology}}, is launched in {{w|Japan}} by {{w|Nippon Telegraph and Telephone}} (NTT). It becomes the world's first mobile phone network to be launched.<ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/> Initially deployed in the metropolitan area of Tokyo, within five years, the NTT network expand to cover the whole population of Japan and becomes the first nationwide 1G network.<ref name="Mobile telephone britannica"/><ref name="Tunable RF Components and Circuits: Applications in Mobile Handsets">{{cite book|last1=Hilbert|first1=Jeffrey L.|title=Tunable RF Components and Circuits: Applications in Mobile Handsets|url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=4C_SCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA244&lpg=PA244&dq=%221979%22+%221G%22+%22NTT%22+%22Japan%22&source=bl&ots=dsRRCNnxIe&sig=TQKZnLlJBulcFC3asRluSLTqsp8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiS5qe-86XVAhVBEZAKHRxLCT8Q6AEIYzAN#v=onepage&q=%221979%22%20%221G%22%20%22NTT%22%20%22Japan%22&f=false|accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="History of Mobile Cell Phones | The First Cell Phone To Present Time"/><ref name="Global Competitiveness of U.S. Advanced-Technology Industries: Cellular Communications"/> || {{w|Japan}}
| 2000 (November) || Handset release || Japanese multinational {{w|Sharp Corporation}} releases the {{w|J-SH04}} mobile phone, the first ever phone with a built-in [[w:camera phone|camera]] (110,000-pixel CMOS) and [[w:color|color display]] (256-color display).<ref>{{cite web|title=Sharp J-SH04: World’s First Ever Phone With Integrated Camera|url=http://gadgetizor.com/sharp-j-sh04-worlds-first-ever-phone-with-integrated-camera-pictures-2001/5482/|publisher=Digitizor Media & Web, Inc.|accessdate=26 August 2012}}</ref> || {{w|Japan}}
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| 2000 || Digital mobile telephony introduction || Digital mobile telephony is commercially introduced in {{w|Dominica}}, {{w|Grenada}}, {{w|Santa Lucia}}, {{w|Anguilla}}, {{w|Benin}}, {{w|Burundi}}, {{w|Chad}}, {{w|Equatorial Guinea}}, {{w|Honduras}}, {{w|Mali}}, {{w|Marshall Islands}}, {{w|Mauritania}}, {{w|Sierra Leone}}, {{w|Tajikistan}} and {{w|Turkmenistan}}. <ref name="Diffusion of Digital Mobile Telephony: Are Developing Countries Different?"/> || {{w|Dominica}}, {{w|Grenada}}, {{w|Santa Lucia}}, {{w|Anguilla}}, {{w|Benin}}, {{w|Burundi}}, {{w|Chad}}, {{w|Equatorial Guinea}}, {{w|Honduras}}, {{w|Mali}}, {{w|Marshall Islands}}, {{w|Mauritania}}, {{w|Sierra Leone}}, {{w|Tajikistan}}, {{w|Turkmenistan}}
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| 2000 || {{w|Mobile phones on aircraft}} || A study by the [[w:Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|British Civil Aviation Authority]] finds that a mobile phone, when used near the cockpit or other avionics equipment location, will exceed safety levels for older equipment (compliant with 1984 standards). Such equipment is still in use, even in new aircraft. Therefore, the report concludes, the current policy, which restricts the use of mobile phones on all aircraft while the engines are running, should remain in force.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interference Levels In Aircraft at Radio Frequencies used by Portable Telephones |website=web.archive.org |accessdate=19 October 2019 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616083454/http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/389/srg_acp_00021-01-030303.pdf}}</ref> || {{w|United Kingdom}}
