History of Cell Phones

Micheal Faraday

Mar 9, 1843

1843 Micheal Faraday a talented chemist begins researching the possibility that space can conduct electricity

Developing Methods

Mar 9, 1865

1865 A Virginia Dentist/Scientist, Dr. Mahlon Loomis, develops a method of communicating through the earth’s atmosphere by using an electrical conductor.

Advancement in communication

Mar 9, 1866

1866 The first trans-Atlantic telegraph is built (not much to do with cell phones, but a major advancement in communication nonetheless)

Albet Jahnke

Mar 9, 1908

In 1908 a Professor Albert Jahnke and the Oakland Transcontinental Aerial Telephone and Power Company claimed to have developed a wireless telephone

Police Department

Mar 9, 1921

1921 The Police Department in Detroit, Mich. begins installing mobile radios, operating around 2 MHz, in their squad cars.

Fedral Communications Commision

Mar 9, 1934

1934 The U.S. Congress creates the Federal Communications Commission. They decide who gets to use certain radio frequencies.

Cell Phones developed

Mar 9, 1940

Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid 1980s that they became widely available.

Who made the first call ?

Apr 9, 1973

Cooper made the first call on a portable cell phone in April 1973.

Motorola ad American Radio

Mar 9, 1981

In 1981, Motorola and American Radio telephone started a second U.S. cellular radio-telephone system test in the Washington/Baltimore area.

Cellulat Telephone

Mar 9, 1987

By 1987, cellular telephone subscribers exceeded one million and the airways were crowded.