Definition
Cellular/mobile phones are everywhere and their utility is growing.
A cell phone is a radio telephone, that may be used wherever "cell"
coverage is provided. The role of cellular phones has risen with
improvement in services, reduction in service costs and the ever
increasing services available through cell phones.
With the advent of powerful technologies such as Bluetooth, WAP
(Wireless Application Protocol) and 3G (3rd Generation cellular
networks) the cell phone provides an access to the Internet. According
to The Strategies Group, there will be more than 530 million wireless
subscribers by the year 2001. New estimates report that the number
of wireless subscribers will break the one billion mark by 2004,
and a "substantial portion of the phones sold that year will have
multimedia capabilities." These multimedia capabilities include
the ability to retrieve e-mail, and provides access to the Internet.
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