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Mobile telephones use numerous low power base stations to communicate. As a phone moves, it can transfer its connection from one base station to another so that calls are not dropped while travelling. The base stations are called cells and together form a cellular network.
It is the base station technology that lent its name to the portable telephone in North America. Many other English speaking countries have different names for them with the term "mobile" being used in the UK for example.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoBecause the network they are on is cellular. It's like an imaginary fishing net in the sky where the strings are radio wave connections and the knots are repeater 'cells'. A call is passed from the cell nearest you via other cells to the cell nearest the person you are calling.
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∙ 12y agoit is short for cellular phone
Cell phones take advantage of an array of towers.
These towers form a grid called "cells".
Hence, the name "cellular phone".
Over time, that name was shortened to "cell phone".
Other names for cellphones include "mobile phones", or "mobiles", so called because of their portability.
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∙ 11y agoMobile telephones use numerous low power base stations to communicate. As a phone moves, it can transfer its connection from one base station to another so that calls are not dropped while travelling. The base stations are called cells and together form a cellular network.
It is the base station technology that lent its name to the portable telephone in North America. Many other English speaking countries have different names for them with the term "mobile" being used in the UK for example.
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∙ 15y agoCell phones take advantage of an array of towers. These towers form a grid called "cells". Hence, the name "cellular phone". Over time, that name was shortened to "cell phone". Other names for cellphones include "mobile phones", or "mobiles", so called because of their portability.
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∙ 13y agoCell phones are called cell phones because each one communicates with cell antenna, which covers a certain area, usually about 10 sq. miles.
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∙ 13y agoCell phones are called cell phones because each one communicates with cell antenna, which covers a certain area, usually about 10 sq. miles.
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