History of Wireless Communications
From Building the Wireless Future® to Expanding the Wireless Frontier™

1903

• The first international wireless conference was held in Berlin.

1906

• Reginald Fessenden successfully completed an 11-mile wireless telephone call from his laboratory in Brant Rock, MA.

1912

• The Radio Act was the first domestic legislation to address radio spectrum allocation.

1921

• One-way radio messaging service started by Detroit Police Department.

1941

• Motorola two-way radio installed in a police cruiser.

1946

• The first commercial mobile radiotelephone service was introduced in St. Louis.
  

Yes! You can recycle your wireless device. All wireless phones and their accessories are recyclable. CTIA and its member companies have established Wireless…The New Recyclable™, a national voluntary recycling program for wireless devices and accessories.

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