GSM mobile reaches 20th birthday

It was on 7 September 1987 that 15 operators from 13 countries signed a memorandum of understanding that led to the development of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), the first pan-European mobile standard and, subsequently, the first global mobile standard.

"The 1987 agreement is widely regarded as the foundation of today's global mobile-phone industry and the birth of one of the greatest technological achievements of our age," said Rob Conway, chief executive of the GSM Association, on Thursday."

[via ZDNet]

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