Welcome to the most up to date and resourceful mobile/cellular phone messaging information site on the internet! We've got overviews and technical information on how SMS, MMS and mobile email works. So you understand how mobile/cellular phone technology arrived where it's at today, here's a brief timeline of events leading us to where we are now: 1876 - Alexander Graham Bell makes first telephone call 1906 - Guglielmo Marconi makes first voice transmission using radio waves 1912 - First commercial telephone calls made in UK 1921 - First car-mobile radio used by Detroit police department 1925 - Wireless telegraphy used on ships, aircraft and in police cars 1946 - Radiotelephones introduced in USA 1947 - Bell Labs developed cellular technology basis for modern mobile phone networks 1956 - First car phone released in Stockholm. The size of a suitcase and weighing 40kg, it ran off a car battery. 1979 - First cellular phone system deployed in Japan 1983 - UK gets analogue TACS system 1985 - Phones with 20kg batteries introduced 1991 - European Community unifies digital networks with GSM 1994 - SMS text messaging launched