Mobile Computing and Networking

Mobile Computing History

In 1894, Guglielmo Marconi, the father of radio, was the first person to produce radio waves over long distances, which marks the beginning of both wireless and mobile computing technology. The first wireless network was completed in Germany in 1958. In 1983, he entered the mobile computing industry with Motorola’s invention of the world’s first personal cellular telephone (Livingston). This invention simultaneously marked the creation of the commercial cellular service market. The first 113 years of the history of mobile computing saw a steady stream of key events (refer to Appendix A for additional information). The mobile computing industry has seen an exponential growth occur within the last seven years (refer to Appendix B for additional information). The beginning of this exponential growth can primarily be attributed to the release of the iPhone and the mobile operating system iOS by Apple in January 2007.