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First Cell Phone
Martin Cooper placed the first call on the telephone this day. -
At & t
AT&T adapts its own cellular plan for the city of Chicago, but the FCC is still uneasy about putting the plan into action. They have concerns about its success. -
Experiments
Experimental cellular systems launched in Chicago and the Washington, D.C./Baltimore region. -
2 licences
In May, the FCC announced the decision to award two cellular licenses per market—one for a wireline company and one for a non-wireline company. -
Public Cell Phone
The cell phone was avalible to the public in 1984. -
Motorola
Motorola announces the MicroTAC personal cellular phone, which uses a flip-lid mouthpiece. The phone retails for an estimated $3000. -
GSM
Motorola demonstrated the world's first GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) working-prototype cellular system and phones in Hanover, Germany, in 1991. -
iDEN
In 1994 Motorola introduced iDEN digital radio, the world's first commercial digital radio system that combined voice dispatch, cellular, paging and data communications in a single radio network and handset. -
2 way Pager
In 1995 Motorola introduced the world's first two-way pager, the Tango two-way personal messaging pager. It allowed users to receive text messages and e-mail, and reply with a standard response. It also could be connected to a computer to download long messages. -
Smallest Lightest Phone.
When introduced in 1996, Motorola's StarTAC wearable cellular telephone was the world's smallest and lightest. It weighed just 3.1 ounces -
Cell Phone Testing
Finally cell phone testing is permitted by the FCC in Chicago. The Bell Telephone Company gets the license; they are in a partnership with AT&T which is a gerneral effort to battle the stubborn FCC. -
iDEN i1000plus
Introduced in 1999, Motorola's iDEN i1000plus handset was the world's first to combine a digital phone, two-way radio, alphanumeric pager, Internet microbrowser, e-mail, fax and two-way messaging. -
GPRS
In June 2000, Motorola and Cisco Systems, Inc. supplied the world's first commercial GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) cellular network to BT Cellnet in the United Kingdom. The system also used the world's first GPRS cellular phone, the Motorola Timeport P7389i model. -
Camera Phone
Camera phones introduced in Japanese market. -
Bell Company Leaves
BellSouth announces that it is leaving the pay phone business because there is too much competition from cell phones -
A760
Introduced in 2003, the Motorola A760 cellular phone was the world's first handset to combine a Linux operating system and Java technology with full PDA functionality. -
RAZR V3
In 2004 Motorola introduced the RAZR V3 cellular phone, an ultraslim, metal-clad, quad-band flip phone. The 13.9 mm thin phone used aircraft-grade aluminum to achieve several design and engineering innovations, including a nickel-plated keypad. -
Touch Screen
Motorola introduced the MING touch screen smart phone in Asia in 2006. It used advanced handwriting software to recognize more than 10,000 handwritten characters of the Chinese alphabet. -
Symbol Technology's
Motorola acquired Symbol Technologies, Inc. in 2007 to provide products and systems for enterprise mobility solutions, including rugged mobile computing, advanced data capture and radio frequency identification (RFID). -
Motorola
Motorola acquired Symbol Technologies, Inc. in 2007 to provide products and systems for enterprise mobility solutions, including rugged mobile computing, advanced data capture and radio frequency identification (RFID).
