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Thomas Farely

Tom has produced privateline.com since 1995. He is now a freelance technology writer who contributes regularly to the site.

His knowledge of telecommunications has served, most notably, the American Heritage Invention and Technology Magazine and The History Channel.
His interview on Alexander Graham Bell will air on the History Channel the end of 2006.

Ken Schmidt

Ken is a licensed attorney who has worked in the tower industry for seven years. He has managed the development of broadcast towers nationwide and developed and built cell towers.

He has been quoted in newspapers and magazines on issues regarding cell towers and has spoke at industry and non-industry conferences on cell tower related issues.

He is recognized as an expert on cell tower leases and due diligence processes for tower acquisitions.

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December 12, 2003

Posted by Tom Farley & Mark van der Hoek at 02:26 AM

Another great photo

Greetings from a rainy California. Bleak day. This photo, though, should brighten things up. GSM, or PCS in the United States, started in Europe in the late 1980s and has now spread across the globe. It was at first a primarily Ericsson product. The photo below is explained by The Ericsson Chronicle like this:

"1986: The Ericsson demonstrator that went to the Paris evaluation trials. The mobile telephone standing on the top is the model into which the first GSM phone was eventually designed."

Click on the photo or the link for a larger image.

First GSM mobile telephone

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