Why is mobile phone also called cellphone?

Answer 1

Area where network service to be provide is divided into small areas which is called as a cell. Each cell contain one tower which provides signals. When user move from one cell to another he automatically shifted to his nearest tower and his mobile remain active continuously until cell exist.

Answer 2

Mobile communication works between the handset and the BTS (Base transreceiver station) which you commonly called tower. Now the towers a re-arranged in such a way that the communication range of a tower intersects with another leaving no space in between and the fields take the structure of a honey bee "cells". and a tower stands at the center of each cell. Try searching for cellular network and get your diagrams from google image search. :-)

Answer 3

Mobile phone are connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell sites) so its called Cell phone.

Wireless telephone that permits telecommunication within a defined area that may include hundreds of square miles, using radio waves in the 800–900 megahertz (MHz) band.

"To implement a cell-phone system, a geographic area is broken into smaller areas, or cells(thats why cellular/cell phone), usually mapped as uniform hexagrams but in fact overlapping and irregularly shaped. "

Each cell is equipped with a low-powered radio transmitter and receiver that permit propagation of signals among cell-phone users.

Answer 4

Yeah what the first guy said. Cellphone I guess is the original name, and mobile means convenient, as in carry with you like mobile homes, mobile scooter, etc...

Answer 5

The cell phone has derived its name from "Cellular Telephone."

More information can be accessed from wikipedia:

A mobile or cellular telephone is a long-range, portable electronic device for personal telecommunications over long distances.

Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell sites), which is in turn interconnected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) (the exception are satellite phones).

Answer 6

I think "cell phone" is a regional term, used in the USA. "Mobile phone" is what people use in Europe. They are the same thing. There are lots of fun region-specific terms. Like, all soft drinks in and around Atlanta, GA are known as "coke", and I have heard people order "orange coke" in restaurants. Why? Because Coke headquarters is located in Atlanta, GA.

Answer 7

Mobile phones are using antenna's which covering area are called cells. Move from cell to cell to pick up signal.