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Cellular lattice tower A cell tower in Peristeri, Greece. A cell site, cell phone tower, cell base tower, or cellular base station is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adjacent cells, in a cellular network.
The most common example of a cellular network is a mobile phone (cell phone) network. A mobile phone is a portable telephone which receives or makes calls through a cell site (base station) or transmitting tower. Radio waves are used to transfer signals to and from the cell phone.
Consumer Cellular uses towers from two other cellular networks: T-Mobile, and AT&T. It’s an MVNO, which means it borrows the technology of other cellular providers to provide expansive coverage.
An unguyed tower will fit into a much smaller plot. A steel lattice tower is cheaper to build than a concrete tower of equal height. Two small towers may be less intrusive, visually, than one big one, especially if they look identical. Towers look less ugly if they and the antennas mounted on them appear symmetrical.
A microcell is a cell in a mobile phone network served by a low power cellular base station (tower), covering a limited area such as a mall, a hotel, or a transportation hub. A microcell is usually larger than a picocell, though the distinction is not always clear. A microcell uses power control to limit the radius of its coverage area.
A picocell is a small cellular base station typically covering a small area, such as in-building (offices, shopping malls, train stations, stock exchanges, etc.), or more recently in-aircraft. In cellular networks, picocells are typically used to extend coverage to indoor areas where outdoor signals do not reach well, or to add network capacity ...
The first portable cellular phone commercially available for use on a cellular network was developed by E.F. Johnson and Millicom, Inc. [29] It was introduced by Millicom subsidiary Comvik in Sweden in September 1981. [30] Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone.
Firstenberg has argued in numerous publications that wireless technology is dangerous. In 1997, the Cellular Phone Taskforce was the lead petitioner in a challenge to the Federal Communications Commission's RF radiation exposure limits, which was joined by dozens of other parties including the Ad Hoc Association of Parties Concerned About the Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency ...