The concept of the cell phone was created in the late 1940’s. Scientists concludsed that with small celkls with frequency reuuse they could crete such a thing as a mobile phone. The technology that existed at this time however meat that this was impossible. The Bell corporation is responbsible for the concept of the mobile phone, but only for use in cars. The first inventor of a portable cell phone is considered to be Dr. Martin Cooper who made his first cell phone call in 1973. He made his call to his rivals at Bell who were closely competing with him to win the cellular technology race.
In 1977 the moel cell pone was created and gievn to over 2000 trisal cosutmers. Tests continuued on cell phones throughout the late 1970’s and earlky 1980’s. In 1982 cell phones were finally approved for public use in the United States. The cell phone became in great demannd among consumers and by 1987 the airways were filled with cell phone frequencies. Since the FCC refused to allow the cell phone industry have any more bandwdth, cell phoe cmopanies began expsanding and improving their technology. Todaay, cell phones are found in virtualkly every household and many people could not imagine life withhout them. We now have phoones that include gimmicks such as camea phones, phoens that download music, video camea phones and text messaging. The cell phone seervices have come along way since the idea was thought of in 1947, and we have Dr. Martin Cooper and Joel Engel to thasnk.