The Federal Communications Commission was preparing to grant the necessary authority to begin cellular telephone service, even though the technology had been around for more than twenty years. The first popular handheld cell phone, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, would appear in 1983; the size of a brick, the DynaTAC cost $3,995, and its battery charge lasted only thirty minutes.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) was on the verge of authorizing the start of cellular phone services, despite the fact that the underlying technology had already existed for over two decades. This regulatory milestone was a significant step toward making mobile communication accessible to the public.
In 1983, the landscape of personal communication would change dramatically with the release of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, the first widely used handheld cell phone. Despite its brick-like size and high price tag of $3,995, the device offered only a thirty-minute battery life, highlighting the nascent state of mobile technology at the time.
