In the newsThe mobile revolutionThe explosion of the mobile communications market can now be seen almost everywhere as we transact, communicate, secure and gain access to places and services in our daily lives. Many organizations – from telecommunications companies, network operators and handset manufacturers to auto ID technology enterprises, have taken up the baton in the race to position themselves in this lucrative market |
When Alexander Bell invented the telephone, registering his patent in 1876 - and then amazed guests as well as his family, when a message was received at the Bell home from Brantford, four miles distant along an improvised wire strung up along telegraph lines, fences, and laid through a tunnel, how could he have known what his invention had begun?
Similarly, Samuel F. B. Morse’s security code, originally created for his electric telegraph invented in the early 1840s, quickly grew to be extensively used for early radio communication beginning in the 1890s. In the early part of the twentieth century, the majority of high-speed international communication was conducted in Morse code, using telegraph lines, undersea cables, and radio circuits. 
Please login to read the full article or download pdf |
|