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Germany. AEG. BenQ Mobile. Bankruptcy in 2006, defunct in 2007. Grundig Mobile. Hagenuk Telecom GmbH. insolvency in 1997, mobile phone development and manufacturing business acquired by Telital in 1998 [9] Siemens Mobile. Acquired by BenQ Corporation in 2005 to form BenQ Mobile.
1991: the GSM mobile phone network is started in Finland, with the first phone call in Tampere. 1993: Telecom Relay Service available for the disabled; 1994: The IBM Simon becomes the first smartphone on the market. 1995: Caller ID implemented nationally in USA; 1999: creation of the Asterisk Private branch exchange; 2000 to present
Telia and Tele2 share network infrastructure through UMTS Nät AB. [131] Tre and Telenor share network infrastructure through 3GIS. [132] [133] Sweden also has a number of flanker brands and virtual operators, most notable are Halebop, Comviq, Fello, Hallon, Vimla, Mybeat, Tellusmobil and Chilimobil.
112 is one of two numbers (the other being the region's own emergency number) that can be dialed on most GSM phones even if the phone is locked. European Union. 112 is managed and financed in the European Union by each member state (country), who also decide on the organization of the emergency call centres. EU legislation. Adopted in July 1991 ...
List of mobile network operators of Europe; List of mobile network operators of the Middle East and Africa; See also. Telephones portal; Comparison of mobile phone standards; List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions; List of countries by number of Internet users; List of countries by number of telephone lines in use
This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use. Note that it is not the number of phone devices that are being given here, but the number of phone numbers in a country. In some countries, one person might have two mobile phones. Also, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem (examples ...
Dual-band phones can cover GSM networks in pairs such as 900 and 1800 MHz frequencies (Europe, Asia, Australia and Brazil) or 850 and 1900 (North America and Brazil). European tri-band phones typically cover the 900, 1800 and 1900 bands giving good coverage in Europe and allowing limited use in North America, while North American tri-band ...
History of mobile phones. A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile ...