A mobile radiotelephone that uses a network of short-range transmitters located in overlapping cells throughout a region, with calls automatically switched from one transmitter to the next as the caller enters an adjoining cell. A central station switches the calls and makes connections to regular telephone lines. Cellular telephones have become very popular in the past five years. The market for cellular phones has increased from high profile business man to the average person.
Cellular phones are a neccesity for people who travel a lot and can be seen almost anywhere.
On the Ball State campus, a lot of the students carry cellular phone because the long distance rates can sometimes be cheaper than a traditional long-distance carrier. The amount of features and the manufacturer are all factors in the cost of a specific phone. Prices also vary on other fees such as activation and long distance calling fees. In the early 1990s, the Federal Communications Commission decided to set aside a huge number of frequencies on the radio spectrum. The FCC hoped new spectrum would start a world of wireless telephones and talking pagers available digitally anywhere in America.