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Cellular Telecommunications and Cell Phone Technology

- articles and information on the basics of cellular telecommunications and cell phone technology

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Multiple page cellular tutorials
3G HSPA, High Speed Packet Access tutorial
3G LTE - Long Term Evolution
Basic cellular telecommunications concepts
CDMA2000 technology tutorial
Cellular conformance testing overview
Femtocells basics
GPRS, General Packet Radio Service tutorial
GSM EDGE tutorial
GSM tutorial and technical overview
UMA - unlicensed mobile access
UMTS / W-CDMA Tutorial

Cellular telecommunications summaries and technology overviews
4G LTE Advanced
Assisted GPS
i-mode
Major Mobile Phone Systems
Mobile phone or cell phone history
Mobile video
Network optimisation
Pacific or Personal Digital Cellular (PDC)

Private mobile radio
Private mobile radio, PMR overview
PMR446 overview
MPT1327 trunking system
TETRA private mobile radio tutorial

Analysis and case studies from industry experts
Mobile Network Optimisation with SON   Chris Larmour, CMO, Actix   [2010-02]
Femtocells: turning cellular communications inside out   Simon Saunders, Chairman of Femto Forum
Designing the perfect femtocell   Steve Shaw, Kineto Wireless
3G LTE: testing times   Evan Gray, Aeroflex

Cellular technology is well embedded in today's society. Cellular telecommunications has provided the means for people to communicate anywhere, and any time for private and for business. A cell phone is now owned by three out of four people in the world. Considering the time they have been available, the take-up of cellular telecommunications has been phenomenal.

With technologies ranging from GSM, GPRS, EDGE to UMTS or W-CDMA and cdmaOne (IS-95) to CDMA2000 1X, EV-DO and EV-DV and mobile TV technologies such as MediaFLO, DMB, and DVB-H, there are plenty of technologies in use.