Mobile Telecommunications - Local Issues at Stake

The advent of mobile telecommunication has no doubt been an improvement in every facet of life as it has solved the nagging communication problems that have existed for decades especially in developing countries. It is an unparalleled fact that communication, effective communication is a veritable tool that ensures success in family, business, religion etc. when telephone was invented by Alexander Graham bell in 1874, the whole world was agog considering its awesome nature.

The world never knew that it was a tip of the iceberg when eventually mobile telecommunication was invented as a result of advanced researches on the work of Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), an Italian scientist that first proved that radio waves can travel across the Atlantic. Since then, the radio waves become the precursor that synthesizes other products of technological importance. It is as a result of this advancement in research that we have several other communication technologies that were branded uniquely some of these include; Bluetooth technology that works based on radio wave and other communication means that work based on emission and reception of radio wave. Mobile telecommunication is also identified in this light. Mobile telephony has actually been in existence in developed and some developing countries. It actually becomes operable in Nigeria when the license was approved for a telecommunication giant in the year 2001.

What followed was the erection of masts in the vicinities both commercial and residential areas. Urban areas especially are more much more involved as everywhere is dotted with high-rising masts belonging to one telecommunication giants or the other. Shortly after this period, there were raised eyebrows about the medical aftermath of these 'death at alert'. It was reported that there are severe dangerous medical implications and side effects that are injurious to good health. It has been submitted that the telecommunication giant should have employed other means which are friendlier to health and environment than these masts which have been known to emit radiations that are carcinogenic. The reason there are less uproar as regards this in Nigeria, is because most people that live especially very closely to these masts are ignorant. They may not really understand the health implications.

India is keeping pace with telecommunication

‘A person asking telephone operator to connect him with his friend or relative in abroad to talk; waiting till the call is getting connected and finely starts talking loudly on the call as it’s a long distance call’- This narration seems like a description of any scene of black & white movie as today we are living in the era, where we can enjoy movie clips on the mobile screen in our palm. It’s the device that we had started using just for talking and messaging.

Today, every normal person is enjoying wireless communication & extra mobility because of mobile phones. Mobility, easy accessibility and more easy communication made explosion in wireless communication devices in resent years. The mobile services have been developed and advanced dramatically. The advancement in this technology served many automated facilities to the mobile phone users. One can do much more than talking, listening music, transferring data from one device to another while going through the usual routine.

Do you know that now you can enjoy watching live telecasts; downloading movies and even seeing one another’s faces on the screen of your mobile? What if you are watching your favorite movie at home and the movie starts playing on your mobile when you are moving out of home; or can transfer bulky data from one mobile to another in fraction of time?

Have you heard anything about 3G mobiles and its launching in India??

3G mobile i.e. third generation mobile is the advanced generation of mobile that will make you possible to enjoy video streaming applications like Live TV, Video Conferencing, Online gaming; movie downloads, high speed data downloads as well as enjoying each other’s images on the screen of mobile phones. It also includes high data speed, access to multimedia services, facilitation of mobility, corporate solutions and many more.

This makes us to experience the faster pace acquired by the science of telecommunication. This shows us that Alike many other things, telecommunication has also widen its horizon and added many new and high-tech aspects into it. Telecommunication basically is the science and technology of communication over a distance. It assisted transmission of signals at long distance places for communication using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.

The actual history of telecommunication has began with the communication by using smoke signals and drums in Africa, America and in some parts of Asia. After the lapse of time electronic transmitters such as telephone, television, radio or computer are getting added into telecommunication sector. And today all these modes of telecommunication are available in a single undersized device.