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Telekom · 10-13-2007, 1:05 PM

On October 13, 1983, Ameritech provided residents of Chicago with advanced mobile phone service (AMPS), a 1G telephony standard which operates in the 800 – 900 MHz frequency band. Bob Barnett, an Ameritech executive, placed the first commercial cell phone call while sitting in a parked car near Solider Field. Fittingly, Barnett called the grandson of Alexander Graham Bell, a founding father of the telephone. According to Fortune magazine's Stephanie N. Mehta, "The sound quality wasn't pristine, and the conversation wasn't especially scintillating". Ten years later, less than 10 million Americans used cell phones. By the year 2003, however, there were 159 million cell phone subscribers in the United States.

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Bill Clinton · 10-13-2007, 4:39 PM

Ha. Nice article. Thanks

Andy · 10-14-2007, 5:08 PM

Very nice article, thank you for posting. It's incredible to see how the technology has advanced and caught on so fast.

Fred333 · 10-25-2007, 1:17 PM

Nice write up. 1983 seems just yesterday.

RJB · 10-25-2007, 9:23 PM

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wow thank you this was a very good read

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Fred333 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NYC Posts: 69 Phone(s): I would love an iPhone! Provider(s): Verizon Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: October 13, 1983: The First Commercial Cell Phone Call Nice write up. 1983 seems just yesterday.

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