TITLE

The changing face of cellular phones

AUTHOR(S)
Mannes, George
PUB. DATE
May 1994
SOURCE
Popular Mechanics;May94, Vol. 171 Issue 5, p53
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Features developments in cellular telephones. Combination of fax, electronic mail and pager capabilities in the BellSouth Simon telephone; Expansion of the network capacity and range of services of system owners; Comparison of Time Division Multiple Access and Code Division Multiple Access digital standards; Problems with speech compression.
ACCESSION #
9405192221

Tags: CELL phones;  SIGNAL processing -- Digital techniques;  TECHNOLOGICAL innovations

 

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