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Joshua Billiel

Joshua Billiel. Affects of Cellular Phones on Society. What is Cellular?. Cellular:

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Joshua Billiel

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  1. Joshua Billiel Affects of Cellular Phones on Society.

  2. What is Cellular? • Cellular: A type of wireless communication that is most familiar to mobile phones users. It's called 'cellular' because the system uses many base stations to divide a service area into multiple 'cells'. Cellular calls are transferred from base station to base station as a user travels from cell to cell.

  3. A Brief History • In 1973, the first phone call was made on a cellular phone. Martin Cooper who was a the general manager of Motorola’s communications division placed the first call to his rival at AT&T's Bell Labs from the streets of New York City.

  4. Before and After • Top: You can see Martin Cooper making a phone call on the first mobile cell phone ever invented. • Bellow: You can see today’s type of mobile cell phone. Martin Cooper

  5. Cell Phone Usage Explodes. • In 1994, 16 million Americans subscribed to cellular phone services. Today, more than 110 million Americans are subscribers.

  6. The Market of Cell Phones • These are the top 10 most-searched mobile phone service providers for the first half of 2003: • 1) Sprint PCS2) Verizon Wireless3) Cingular4) AT&T Wireless5) Nextel6) Voicestream7) Cricket Wireless 8) Qwest Wireless9) Alltel10) Suncom

  7. Cell Phones, Cheaper Then Ever. For around 40 to 50 dollars a month, you can usually get all of the following features: • 500 Anytime minutes • Free nights and weekends • Free long Distance • Voicemail

  8. Are Cell Phones to Blame for the Rise in Brain Cancer? • The incidence of brain cancer has increased 25% since 1973, according to the National Cancer Institute. Each year, 185,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a primary or metastatic brain tumor, according to the National Brain Tumor Foundation.

  9. Brain Cancer Continued… • Current scientific evidence does not show any negative health effects from the low levels of electromagnetic energy emitted by mobile phones, says the Food and Drug Administration. But some recent studies suggest a possible link between mobile phones and cancer and warrant follow-up, the agency says, to determine with more certainty whether cell phones are safe.

  10. Drive Now Talk Later • A new evaluation by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis (HCRA) estimates that the use of cell phones by drivers may result in approximately 2,600 deaths, 330,000 moderate to critical injuries, and 1.5 million instances of property damage in America per year.

  11. New York Takes Action New York Cell PhoneLegislation  Cell Phone And Driving Issue/Laws: • Section AB 1610. Prohibits the use of a cell or wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle. Allows hands-free exception. • Active Thu, January, 10, 2002

  12. One View of Today’s Cell Phones.

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