Wireless and mobile technology have been around for a surprisingly remarkable duration. In 1940, a well-known actress, Hedy Lamarr, and film composer, George Antheil, discussed over dinner a scheme that would permit armed, radio-controlled torpedoes the ability to travel undetected by jamming enemy transmissions. They would patent the invention in 1942 that would later form the basis for what would be known as spread-spectrum communications. Their invention becomes even more incredible when it is taken into consideration that it came before the advent of digital electronics. Now, over 60 years later, spread-spectrum communications has been adapted to today's electronics to allow for an inexpensive way to communicate over long distances, wirelessly.
             Development of wireless radio technology, through spread-spectrum communication, was a decelerated process throughout the early 1940's when the United States Navy decided to buy into the technology but then decided not to use it and kept it a secret. It was not until the late 1940's that the concept of a cellular phone came to light. A company, which would later be known a Motorola, created a lightweight handheld two-way radio for the United States Army during World War II. After the war, in 1946, AT&T Corporation was the first commercial company to provide this mobile telephone service to a select few customers in St. Louis. Problems soon emerged when local radio frequency's quickly filled up with voice traffic and interference. From extensive research, it was discovered that the service areas could be divided into small "cells." On these "cells" the radio frequencies could be reused which allowed for an increased calling capacity. This is what would eventually lead to the cellular boom.
             It wasn't until 1973 when Martin Cooper, an employee with Motorola, used the first handheld cellular phone to contact rival, Bell Labs. In 1970, a professor with the University of Hawaii built up...