Mobile+&+Wireless

=Mobile & Wireless=



1800s
1844 [|Samuel Morse invents telegraph] 1859 Telegraph goes coast-to-coast 1865 International Telecommunication Union formed to set telegraph standards 1866 [|First transoceanic telegraph] 1876 [|Alexander Graham Bell invents telephone] 1877 Thomas Edison invents the phonograph 1883: [|U.S. and Canadian] railways adopt five standardized time zones to replace the multiplicity of local times in communities across the continent 1987 Cellphone industry tops $1 Billion in revenue 1891 The [|first international phone call]via submarine cable, London - Paris1895 [|Dial telephones]go into Milwaukee’s city hall1899 [|Sprint] founded

1900s
1902- The U.S. Navy installs the [|first radio telephone] aboard ships 1903 The first International wireless conference was held in Berlin, Germany 1903- The Navy makes its first [|wireless installation]on a battleship 1913 [|AT&T] promises universal service, fair competition 1915 [|First transcontinental phone call] 1921 One way Radio messaging service started by Detroit Police Department 1921 the first [|pager]-like system was in use 1923 AT&T links two radio stations for first [|“network”] 1929[| Bell Telephone Laboratories] 1930 1st branded [|car radio] patents [|coaxial cable] 1935 Willy Müller invented the world's first [|automatic answering machine] 1941 [|Motorola] two-way radio installed in a police cruiser 1946 [|radiotelephone service]began in the U.S. 1947 First radio-car-phones invented by AT&T, but were considered a failure 1951 U.S. wired coast-to-coast 1957 Soviet Union launches [|Sputnik,] first human-constructed satellite 1957 The [|Advanced Research Projects Agency] created by President Dwight Eisenhower1960 [|Transit, first US satellite navigation system] successfully tested 1962 First digital phone line installed First communications satellite [|First pagers]

1965 [|Comsat satellite] launched 1968 [|Douglas Engelbart] invents mouse. 1969 first [|IMP] arrived at UCLA 1970 [|Ted Nelson]invents hypertext 1971 PhoneMate introduced one of the first commercially viable [|answering machines] 1973 Ethernet networking invented by [|Robert (Bob) Metcalfe] 1973 1st [|cellphone invented]

1974 Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn write [|TCP (Trasmission Control Protocol)] that leads to true "internet" connection 1977 First [|fiber optic] network 1978 [|Cellular telephone service] begins in United States 1979 1st [|walkman invented] National Telecommunications and Information Administration established 1983 the world's [|first commercial portable cell phone]

1984 [|The Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association] is founded 1986 [|Electronic Communications Privacy Act] extended government surveillance of information from telephone calls to include transmissions of electronic data by computer 1987 Cellphone industry tops $1 Billion in revenue 1988 One of the most important years in cell phone evolution. The[| Cellular Technology Industry Association]is created and helps to make the industry into an empire. One of its biggest contributions is when it helped create TDMA phone technology, the most evolved cell phone yet. It becomes available to the public in 1991.1992- [|Donna Dubinsky] and Jeff Hawkins founded Palm Inc. 1990 Tim Berners-Lee invents [|World Wide Web] 1991 Wi-Fi internet connection created 1992 First [|SMS message]sent 1992 The FCC allocates spectrum in 2GHZ band for emerging technologies including Personal Communication Service(PCS) 1992 Number Of cellular users passes 10 million. More than 10,000 cell sites across America 1993 Marc Andreessen founds [|Netscape] 1995 [|First digital cellular phones] 1995 There were more than 33.8 million wireless subscribers; 13% of the US population 1995 Average consumers users 115 mins and pays $51 per month1996- The first [|Palm Pilot] was introduced. 1995 [|Verizon Wireless]was founded 1997//[|Mediamorphosis]// by [|Roger Fidler] introduces the idea of media convergence 1997 [|Camera phone] invented by Phillipe Kahn 1999 First[| blackberry] invented 1999 Congress passes Wireless Communication Act 1999 Public Safety Act passes

2000s
2000 [|Windows Millennium] created 2000 Wireless subscribers in America exceeds 100 million 2001 Apple releases [|iPod] 2002 [|MySpace] founded 2002 First [|color screen cell phone]introduced in U.S. 2003 [|FCC Institutes relaxed media ownership rules] 2003 [|Skype] released 2004 [|Facebook]founded 2006 [|At&t] forms merger with Bell South 2007 Apple releases [|iPhone]media type="youtube" key="YgW7or1TuFk?fs=1" height="268" width="336" 2007 [|Kindle] was introduced 2007[|Oovoo] was released 2008 Near half (46%) of Americans get [|political/campaign news online] 2009 Verizon introduces[| DROID] 2010 Apple introduces [|iPad]media type="youtube" key="cB4cSq--klM?fs=1" height="190" width="320"

2010 Apple introduces new[| MacBook air]media type="youtube" key="8c30t3SNOz0?fs=1" height="151" width="256" 2010 Apple introduces the new [|apple TV] 2010 [|Samsung Galaxy Tab]is released 2010 State of Maryland becomes 7th state to passes bill to ban cell phone use while driving 2011 Blackberry introduces new [|PlayBook]