Mobile Phone Industry

The cellular phone industry has evolved over a period of 20 years, from first generation to third generation mobiles. The inventions by mobile industry incorporate:First Generation (1G) -The first generation mobile phone refers to the mobile phones that were developed in the 1980s. Second Generation (2G) -GSM, CDMA and TDMA are the different protocols that brought the mobile phone into the second generation stage. The 2G was introduced to the market basically in the early 1990s. Second And a Half Generation (2.5G) -Still under the same network protocol, but provided services such as WAP and GPRS enabling mobile phones to access on certain websites. Coloured screen with camera featured mobile phones were also introduced in this stage. Third Generation (3G) -A whole new network protocol launched in the twenty-first century. It is either under IMT-2000, UMTS or W-CDMA standards. The 3G protocol enables high speed connection (speed similar to broadband connection) to access through internet and also video calls.

Handsets have become a necessity from a luxury. The mobile industry has influenced the lives of millions of people worldwide. From being only a voice communication device; the mobile handset has gradually become part of user’s personality. The cellular phones have created an addition to people’s lives rather than substitution of previously existing telephony and communications systems. This system of communication has strengthened social relations through providing a voice or text mediated form of face-to face relations. The “Virtual Presence” has benefited mobile communications and it stands out uniquely from other technologies. The relationship between user and device has become much more emotional. Mobile phone is your universal microphone to the world, a way to publish pictures, emails, texts, Twitters, and blog entries.
It took the mobile market, about 15 years to reach the first quarter of the world’s population but it took less than 5 years to