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

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.
  

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