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Some of Huawei's mobile phones on display during the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. [Patrick Vidija, Standard]
Mobile communication remains an essential component of our daily lives in the fast-paced digital age. It dates back to the mid-twentieth century, when the first mobile telephones were developed, although with limited functionality and accessibility.
According to Tutorials.com, the true breakthrough came with the development of cellular networks in the 1980s, which allowed mobile phones to communicate with a network of base stations via radio waves, allowing coverage across a larger geographic region by dividing it into smaller 'cells.'
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