The mobile phone industry in the United States is covered in this article. Mobile phones are commonly referred to as smartphones or cell phones.
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History
- In 1983, Ameritech launched the first generation mobile phone service (1G) in Chicago.
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Wireless service providers
National operators
There are four major operators in the United States that offer nationwide wireless services. Two of these (AT&T and T-Mobile) provide service using the GSM standard, while the other two (Verizon and Sprint) primarily use CDMA. All four also operate networks using LTE standard for their 4G services.
Regional operators
- U.S. Cellular
- C Spire Wireless
Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)
Mobile phone industry
The Federal Communications Commission is the main regulator of the mobile phone industry in the United States. Qualcomm is the inventor of and main contributor to cdmaOne and CDMA2000 mobile phone standards.
Mobile phone production
U.S. based producers:
- Apple
- Blu Products
- Firefly children's phone
- Garmin
- HP
- Motorola Mobility
- O Plus
- Sonim
- Kodak Phones
International producers:
- Alcatel (previously Alcatel OneTouch)
- BlackBerry
- Coolpad
- HTC
- Huawei
- Kyocera
- LG
- Microsoft Mobile Oy (previously part of Nokia Oyj)
- NEC Casio (G'zOne)
- Pantech
- Personal Communications Devices (PCD)
- Samsung
- Sharp
- Sony
- ZTE
Mobile phone vs. cell phone
While it is "mobile phone" in British English, it is "cell phone" in American English. The term "cell phone", short for "cellular phone" came into the day-to-day American English vocabulary during the 1980s when the mobile phone companies had to distinguish their mobile phone that can be carried from one cell to another, each controlled by a land-based antenna, from the earlier Improved Mobile Telephone Service phones. In Wikipedia, "mobile phone" is more often used because it can be used across various technologies.
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