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...Cellular phones rely on low-power transmitters in designated cells, or districts, to relay signals from passing automobiles equipped with the mobile phones. Last month Ameritech Mobile Communications introduced in Chicago the first commercial cellular mobile radio service. Bell Atlantic's Mobile Systems expects to launch cellular service early next year in Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. By 1990 1.5 million cellular phones could be operating...
...least as far as administrative matters go, Dowling's most important responsibility is as associate dean for the Biological Sciences. In this position, Dowling coordinates the activities of Harvard's two Bio departments--Cellular and Development Biology and Orgasismic and Evolutionary Biology--as well as the Biochemistry Department...
...wrong. In laboratories across the U.S. and Europe, researchers are finding that by creating the right chemical environment, and in some cases implanting new cells in the brain, damaged nervous systems can be coaxed to regenerate. Even more encouraging is the discovery, so far shown only in animals, that cellular regrowth can restore lost mental functions, and, in addition, improve memory and learning...
Mobile Communications is one of many common carriers that are also applying for cellular radio licenses. The FCC plans to designate two for each city. One of the two everywhere will be a telephone company. A big winner will be American Telephone & Telegraph Co., which pioneered in development of the new technology. AT&T is already serving 2,000 mobile-phone customers with a network covering some 2,100 sq. mi. in a pilot project in Chicago, where regular cellular service will begin in November. The company has been granted licenses to build systems in six other cities: Boston, Buffalo...
...completely portable ones are priced at $3,500 to $4,500. Monthly charges are expected to run from $150 to $180. But the cost will come down. Says Alan Reiter, editor of Telocator, a monthly magazine: "I think you're going to see people buying cellular phones instead of extensions within the next several years...