Wireless transmission networks are comprised of many hexagonal, overlapping cell sites to efficiently use radio spectrum for wireless transmissions. Cellular In wireless communications, cellular refers most basically to the structure of the wireless transmission networks which are comprised of cells or transmission sites. Cellular is also the name of the wireless telephone system originally developed by Bell Laboratories that used low-powered analog radio equipment to transmit within cells. Within the wireless industry, cellular is also used to refer to non-PCS products and services. A phone that does not have a cord between the handset and the base unit, which is plugged into an electrical outlet and the telephone line.
Cordless phones allow users to roam a short distance from the phone's base.
Cordless phones are vastly different from wireless phones, which allow phone use wherever there is a compatible transmission network. See also 900 MHz Cordless Phone . The geographic area encompassing a wireless network. This is the area your network service provider offers cellular service for your phone. Copyright Nokia 2001.