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Wireless Telephone Fraud
The Transcontinental Aerial Telephone and Power company claimed to have made a wireless telephone but were accused of fraud. -
Telephones on Military Trains
German railroad systems tested wireless phone technology on military trains between Berlin and Zossen -
Cartoons of Mobile Phones
Karl Arnold did a cartoon predicting the use of mobile phones on the streets. -
Second World War
The Second World War made use of wireless radio transceivers for military purposes -
Mobile Telephone Service
Work began to allow people to use telephones in cars and in 1946, AT&T introduced the Mobile Telephone Service -
Model Telephones
In the USSR, Leonid Kupriyanovich, an engineer from Moscow, in 1961 presented a number of experimental models of handheld mobile phones -
Handheld Mobile Phone
The first prototype for a handheld mobile phone had only 30 minutes of talk time and took 10 hours to recharge. -
Cellular Data
In 1977, a cellular data signaling system was described in Hachenburg. -
3G Networks
By the end of 2007, over 295 million people were subscribed to 3G networks
