ALSO CALLED: Mobile Phones, Cell Phones, Mobile Telephones, Wireless Phones, and Cellular Telephones DEFINITION: Cellular telephone is a type of short-wave analog or digital telecommunication in which a subscriber has a wireless connection from a mobile telephone to a relatively nearby transmitter. The transmitter's span of coverage is called a cell.
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WIRELESS TELEPHONES DEFINITION (continued): Generally, cellular telephone service is available in urban areas and along major highways. As the cellular telephone user moves from one cell or area of coverage to another, the telephone is effectively passed on to the local cell transmitter.
A cellular telephone is not to be confused with a cordless telephone (which is simply a phone with a very short wireless connection to a local phone outlet). A newer service similar to cellular is personal communications services Wireless Telephones definition sponsored by SearchMobileComputing.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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