History of Wireless Communications
From Building the Wireless Future® to Expanding the Wireless Frontier™

1800's | 1900's | 2000's

1903

  • The first international wireless conference was held in Berlin.

1906

  • Reginald Fessenden successfully completed an 11-mile wireless telephone call from his laboratory in Brant Rock, MA.

1912

  • The Radio Act was the first domestic legislation to address radio spectrum allocation.

1921

  • One-way radio messaging service started by Detroit Police Department.

1941

  • Motorola two-way radio installed in a police cruiser.

1946

  • The first commercial mobile radiotelephone service was introduced in St. Louis.

Global Mobile Spectrum
Allocations Map

This interactive map will help you learn about spectrum allocation, country-by-country, collected per continent. 

In addition, the map offers data as granular as the available technologies (Frequency – MHz), as well as the region designation per the ITU, on a per country basis.  

                   Click here to learn more.