Radio Telephone

Radio Telephone

• "The system operators were companies licensed to provide mobile telephone carriers, much like the cellular carriers of today. In most major cities, serviced was provided by the local Bell Telephone Company, and a few private companies, sometimes called radio common carriers (or RCCs). Customers had the choice of selecting the carrier that provided the service they needed. However, the service was expensive, and the quality of the connection was poor."

• From The Cellular Telephone Installation Handbook, by Michael Losse, Quantam Publishing, 1988.

Motorola TLD-1100 "MJ" IMTS Telephone, 1963. The text reads:

CONFORMS TO ALL IMPROVED MOBILE TELEPHONE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING: Full 11-Channel Capacity for Unlimited Roaming; Automatic Channel Hunting; Home, Roaming or Manual Operation

PROVIDES BONUS PERFORMANCE FROM ALL SOLID STATE, BUILT IN MOBILE SUPERVISORY UNIT: Totally Silent Operation; Easy Installation of The One-Package Design; Minimum Maintenance from The Solid State Circuitry

Used in Bell territories. Equipment below used in some non-Bell territories.

GTE DTD/DTO Mobile Telephone. Illustration shows the dial control unit, manual control unit, a power/control cable, and the transceiver itself, along with the antenna.