Wireless communications system that exhibits the following characteristics and components: cellular terminals, transmission call, Mobile Telecommunications Switching Office (MTSO), and Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).
A device consisting of a control unit, a transceiver, and an antenna which processes calls to be sent to or received from the cellular system.
A telephone that connects by wireless (radio) signal to a cell site. Originally, the terms "cellular" and "cell phone" referred only to analog service but the term has become a catchall reference to any mobile telephone.
a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
A wireless telephone that communicates using radio wave antenna towers, each serving a particular "cell" of a city or other geographical area. Areas where cellular phones do not work are referred to as "dead zones."
Wireless telephone technology based on dividing geographic areas into units (cells) in which ground based transceivers act as conduits to the local telephone system.
Telephone device that uses radio signals to transmit voice and digital data messages. 9.36- 37
The use of stationary cellular telephone equipment to replace or supplement other means of alarm signal communication between the alarm system and the monitoring facility.
Telephone service using radio signals through multiple transmitters in overlapping cells. Also known as "Commercial Mobile Radio Service" (CMRS) in regulatory and legal proceedings.
Technology that serves mobile telephony. Operates at ultra-high frequency and uses a system of radio "cells" each a few miles across, which are interfaced by small, low-power radio-telephones.
