The wireless industry is now 25 years old, and RCR Wireless News is celebrating with a package of stories detailing the advances of the past three decades. Join us for a look back at the highlights of the past 25 years of wireless growth and innovation.
October 14 2008 - 5:22 pm ET | Tracy Ford
CHICAGO — The Wireless History Foundation celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first cellphone call with an evening of festivity featuring a celebrity attendee list similar to what you’d find in People magazine — if People ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Tracy Ford
A quote, “Under the tree in ‘83,” that I wrote in 1993 as RCR Wireless News celebrated the first decade of the cellular industry triggered a flood of memories as we put together stories for the 25th anniversary. ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET
In this week's RCR Wireless Newscast we're taking a look back at the past 25 years of cellular. In a package of stories posted today, we are looking at the history of cellular handsets, carriers, content, networks and policy. ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET
Make your voice count! Vote for what you think are the most important moments in wireless. ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Phil Carson
People of a certain age will remember the Wayback Machine engineered by Mr. Peabody and his sidekick, Sherman, featured in “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show” of the 1960s. ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Jeffrey Silva
Policymakers must have done something right over the past 25 years. ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Phil Carson
Crucial trends in the semiconductors that drive mobile-phone functionality have enabled much of the progress in handset form and function. Miniaturization is among those trends. ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Allie Winter
During the past 25 years, two overriding factors have shaped the wireless carrier landscape: customer growth and carrier consolidation. ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET
When Nextel started to roll out their iDEN network back in 1995 we got handsets (remember those bricks?) through my employer to evaluate the technology. ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Gary E. Salazar
The wireless industry’s evolution from that first call placed 25 years ago at Chicago’s Soldier Field to the high-speed, mobile data networks that allow customers access to the world with the touch of a button, can be tracked ... Read More »
October 14 2008 - 5:59 am ET | Colin Gibbs
The history of mobile data teems with unrestrained hyperbole and hockey-stick projections that all too often flatten as they become low-grade inclines of uptake. But — and stop us if you’ve heard this one before — the future has ... Read More »
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