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During 1980, the analogue mobile telephony was gathering momentum of growth in Europe, not only in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom but also in France and Germany. Each of these countries developed their own system that made it incompatible with these technologies, including the hardware used. This became undesirable due to the fact that the team is not limited within national borders, but also had a very limited market for each type of equipment.

The realization of this at an early stage, the matter was referred to a study group called Mobile Task Force, to develop pan-European land mobile system. The system to be proposed by the study group needed to meet the following criteria --

* Good quality of expression.
* The service, low-cost terminals
* Support for international roaming.
* Ability to support handheld terminals.
* Support for range of new services and facilities.
* Spectral Efficiency.
* ISDN compatibility.

This responsibility was transferred from the Special Mobile Group of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and the first phase of the project specifications was published in 1990. Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) is an open architecture for digital cellular technology that has application in the transmission and reception of voice and data. This technology differs from the first generation of wireless systems that use analog technology for communication, while GSM uses digital technology and multiple access by time division (TDMA) transmission methods.

GSM is a circuit switching system, and works by dividing each frequency channel of 200 kHz to 25 kHz and operates at 900MHz slots and 1.8GHz bands in Europe and the 1.9GHz and 850MHz bands in the USA. In Australia, Canada and many countries in South America, 850MHz is used for GSM and 3GSM. Data at speeds up to 9.6Kbps is supported by this technology, which allows the transmission of basic data services such as Short Message Service (SMS). GSM provides greater ease in international roaming, which allows international travelers to be in touch with the world. GSM satellite service enables users to access the service areas where terrestrial coverage is not available.

The provision of mobile platforms, discussed above, would lead to the development of generations of mobile phones we have today. Initially, these sets are called mobile phones in cars, is permanently installed. This contraption gained more mobility when newer equipment is equipped with a cigarette lighter plug going into the 12 volt supply for the energy needed to operate. This caused the unit to be removed from the vehicle when off the cigarette lighter socket.

Over time, the equipment was modified to be patched with the telephone network, which was tested by Swedish police in 1946 for use in police vehicles. It was noted that the car runs out of battery after about six to seven calls were made. Radios available to the public in the United States in late 1940. Since switching technology was not available these days, these phones have to be manually patched into the telephone network for the purpose of communication.

The concept of mobile communication is based on a network that provides voice communication and data-through a wide area. The idea was to divide the large area into small sections, called a cell radio, which would have a trans-receiver connected to the cell after switching technology. This concept of dividing cells in the area gave the name - cell technology. Architecture evolved to provide a seamless communication system which can be done when moving around from one cell to another area. Leaving a cell and move to the next, prior to delivering the call to the next tower in the area that is now and thus it provides a seamless connectivity.

As the mobile phone changed the systems of the first generation, 1G, entered into commercial operation, based on circuit-switched analog. Voice quality was bad and the operation is not hands off most of the time. These were the two main disadvantages of the system. The number of simultaneous call management was low and there is no security what so ever. The system uses a technology called Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS), which operated in the 800MHz band. The system could not be launched commercially before 1983 and was delayed for many reasons, one is the breakdown of AT & T. The system was launched in Chicago in 1983, with other cities following.

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