Features
Articles:
History
of Cellular/Mobile Phones - Part One
How the FCC slowed the progress
of a cellular phone system.
PCS
- Part Two
The evolution of PCS Technology
also called Personal Communication Services or digital cellular phones.
Further
Reading for Part One
Selling The Cell Phone - History
Of Cellular Phones
Wireless
History
The best site I have found covering
this history from Digital
Wireless Basics by Tom Farley.
Basic
Wireless Principles
How it works, from Digital
Wireless Basics by Tom Farley.
How
A Cell Phone Works
From "How Stuff Works" a good laymen's
understanding of cell phones.
A
Brief History of Cellular
From Waveguide, a time line of cellular
developments, starting in 1921 when the Detroit Michigan Police Department
made the earliest significant use of Mobile radio in a vehicle in the United
States. The system operated at a frequency of under 2 MHz.
The
Impact of Law & Regulation on Technology
The case history of cellular radio,
written in 1989 by John W. Berresford. An excellent essay on the role the
FCC had in the development of cellular service.
Cellular
To PCS - A Brief History of Wireless Roots
Describes the historical changes
from analog to digital service and technologies.
Why
Analog, Why Digital
From the Wirelessadvisor, reasons
why digital service is better.
Further Reading
for Part Two
Selling The Cell Phone - PCS
Technology
History
of GSM
A history of GSM from the years
1980 to 1997.
PCS
Technologies
Technical background on digital
technologies and an interesting recanting of the rocky history of analog
to digital and what's wrong with digital.
Basic
Digital Principles
How it works, from Digital
Wireless Basics by Tom Farley.
CDMA
vs TDMA
Learn more about the CDMA vs TDMA
debate.
History
Of The TCA - 1996
Dr. Lundquist examines the History
of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
A
Clear Call
An excellent overview of cellular
by B Blake Levitt with commentaries on health risks and other public concerns,
cellular phone service does expose us to a form of radiation.
Related Innovations
Telephone
The
History of Pagers
Telephony
Software - Krisztina Holly.
Computerized
Telephone Switching System - Erna Schneider Hoover
The
Telegraph and Telegraphy
Fiber
Optics
Modems
Office
Innovations
