| The success attained by Motorola in mobile | | | | radio frequencies. |
| technology had its humble beginning over 80 years | | | | Producing the world's first wireless handheld mobile |
| ago. First known as the Galvin Manufacturing | | | | phone was a huge challenge. There was no model to |
| Corporation in Chicago, the company was already | | | | compare it to as nobody had ever seen a mobile |
| breaking new grounds in radio technology in 1928. In | | | | before. The company's industrial design team was |
| 1930, it introduced its first branded car radio, followed | | | | tasked to design the shape of the future phone. |
| afterwards by a two-way mobile radio system for | | | | In February 1973, the company had created a |
| police cars. | | | | fully-functional Dynamic Adaptive Total Area |
| In 1940, the company designed its first handheld | | | | Coverage mobile phone prototype or DynaTAC. The |
| two-way radio, the Handie-Talkie, for the US military. | | | | prototype mobile phone and its system concept was |
| From the 1940's all through the 1960's, two-way | | | | presented to the FCC for demonstration. It was an |
| radios for law enforcement and commercial use, as | | | | unbelievable day of achievement for the company. |
| well as portable transistor radios for consumers were | | | | Refining the mobile phone system |
| among the company's most popular products. | | | | The DynaTAC phone system's distinctive features |
| Entering the cellular technology age | | | | paved the way to address the requirements of both |
| When radiotelephone service started in America in | | | | car and handheld phones. Whilst the company |
| 1946, the company manufactured mobile telephones | | | | conformed with US agencies in order to receive |
| in automobiles or car phones. As the demand for | | | | regulatory approval, the engineers relentlessly |
| them grew, problems with car phone systems | | | | researched and fine-tuned the technology. In the |
| emerged. Because of the lack of available | | | | meantime, the mobile phone concept was spreading |
| frequencies, only a few calls are allowed at one time | | | | throughout the entire communication industry like |
| in car phone systems. Annoying long wait times are | | | | wildfire. Soon after, the company which created the |
| experienced by the user and radio transmissions can | | | | industry's first wireless handheld phone started to |
| not be reused in areas nearby due to signal | | | | provide systems technology and phones to the rest |
| interference from powerful base stations. | | | | of the world. |
| In 1968, a proposal was made by the Federal | | | | Motorola made further history on September 21, |
| Communications Commission (FCC) to allocate | | | | 1983 when the US Federal Communications |
| frequencies ranging from 800 to 900 MHz for a new | | | | Commission approved the DynaTAC 8000X phone, |
| technology to address these issues. Cellular | | | | the first commercial handheld phone in the world. |
| technology, conceived by Bell Laboratories (AT&T) | | | | After more than a decade and an investment of |
| years before, offered a possible solution. | | | | US$100 million, the company's commitments and |
| The mobile phone concept | | | | dedication brought about a groundbreaking |
| Whilst AT&T earlier conceived a system based on | | | | technology which fired up the mobile communications |
| car phones, Motorola was determined to use its | | | | industry and provided a life-changing experience for |
| decades of radio technology expertise to lock horns | | | | portable handset users around the globe. |
| with AT&T to take advantage of the proposed new | | | | |