Friday 28 August 2015

THE TRANSFORMATION OF MOBILE PHONE INDUSTRY

The Mobile phones undergone great changes since its birth. 1982’s  Mobira Senator model was around 9.8Kg it has transformed to just 800gm Mobira cityman 900.  Both from Nokia.  The first one  ie. Mobira Senator model was the first ever mobile phone released from Nokia. 


The first proposal for Cellular system was made at Bell Labs in 1947.  But Motorola succeeded in developing mobile phone device.  John F. Mitchell became Motorola's cheif engineer for its mobile communication products.  Mitchel oversaw the development of the mobile communication and was among first for the marketing of pagers.  Martin Cooper a member of Mitchel's team was the pioneer in developing portable cellular telephony.  Mitchel was one among the employees who got patent for developing units for this technology. 



On October 1983, D D Meilahn placed the first commercial wireless call on a DynaTAC from his car to Bob Barnett, former president of Ameritech Mobile Communications,  Barnett then placed a call on a DynaTAC from inside a Chrysler convertible to the grandson of Alexander Graham Bell. 

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