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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> ||
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| 1999–2002 || Network technology || {{w|Globalstar}} is released as a LEO system, consisting in 48 satellites that are launched about the same time as the Iridium constellation. Globalstar begins offering service in October 1999, though it would go into bankruptcy in 2002. A further reorganized Globalstar LP would continue to provide service thereafter.<ref name="Mobile telephone britannica"/> ||
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| 1999 || {{w|Mobile payment}} || The first mobile commercial payment system to mimic banks and credit cards is launched in the Philippines, simultaneously by mobile operators {{w|Globe Telecom}} and {{w|Smart Communications}}.<ref name="cellular phone prezi">{{cite web|title=cellular phone|url=https://prezi.com/nfutwp_lsz5h/cellular-phone/|website=prezi.com|accessdate=25 July 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2000 || Network launch technology || {{w|Global System for Mobile Communications}} (GSM) networks evolve into {{w|General Packet Radio Service}} (GPRS) (2.5G) and become available. The first GPRS-compatible handsets become available for sale.<ref name="Building a Dedicated GSM">{{cite book |last1=El Khoury |first1=Franjieh |last2=Zgheib |first2=Antoine |title=Building a Dedicated GSM GPS Module Tracking System for Fleet Management: Hardware and Software |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=Es5JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2030&lpg=PA2030&dq=In+2000+the+first+commercial+GPRS+services+were+launched&source=bl&ots=9azzvOlB73&sig=ACfU3U3ia2MWT52M7tZKpCPixNdJlH3I1g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQl7XEt9DjAhXxK7kGHdiOAg4Q6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=In%202000%20the%20first%20commercial%20GPRS%20services%20were%20launched&f=false}}</ref><ref name="Introduction to the History of Computing: A Computing History Primer"/> ||
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| 2000 || Handset release || The {{w|Nokia 9210 Communicator}} is launched as the first serious attempt at an internet-enabled mobile phone.<ref name="physicslover"/> ||
| 2001 (October) || Handset release || {{w|Nokia 5510}} is released, featuring a full {{w|QWERTY}} {{w|keyboard}}.<ref name="Week 3- Timeline of the cell-phone"/> ||
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| 2001 (October)|| Network launch technology || The third generation of {{w|wireless}} mobile telecommunications technology {{w|3G}} ({{w|FOMA}} [[w:WCDMA|W-CDMA]] services on the 2GHz) is launched in Japan, with a system offered by {{w|NTT DoCoMo}}.<ref name="Mobile telephone britannica"/> For the first time, mobile devices are fast enough to support {{w|online video}} and music streaming.<ref name="History of Mobile Cell Phones | The First Cell Phone To Present Time"/> Developed to serve data communication, 3G can send 10 times more data than {{w|2G}}.<ref name="Third generation system. wireless-communications">{{cite web|title=Third generation system. wireless-communications|url=https://www.coursera.org/learn/wireless-communications/lecture/llFM4/1-3-third-generation-system-3g|website=coursera.org|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref> || {{w|Japan}}
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| 2001 || Mobile payment || Mobile commerce reaches $2.4 billion worldwide.<ref name="The History of Mobile Pay"/> ||
| 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 || Network launch technology || The first {{w|4G}} network is launched in {{w|South Korea}}.<ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/> || {{w|South Korea}}
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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}}
| 2009 (January) || Service || {{w|Whatsapp}} is launched.<ref name="1876 to 2015 – the History of the Mobile Phone"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Whatsapp Success Story|url=https://successstory.com/products/whatsapp|website=successstory.com|accessdate=26 July 2017}}</ref> ||
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| 2009 || Network launch 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}}
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| 2009 || Mobile payment || The mobile payment market reaches US$69 billion in sales.<ref name="The History of Mobile Pay"/> ||
