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Mobile Phone Terminal

Originally published in 1978
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Martin Marietta Aerospace under a NASA contract developed the HICOM, an advanced central terminal for mobile telephones that upgrades service to users, provides better system management to telephone companies, and makes more efficient use of available mobile telephone channels through a computerized central control terminal. It improves system management by automatically recording information on all calls for accurate billing, running continual performance checks on its own operation and reporting any malfunctions to a central office.

Full article: http://hdl.handle.net/hdl:2060/20070018904

Abstract
Martin Marietta Aerospace under a NASA contract developed the HICOM, an advanced central terminal for mobile telephones that upgrades service to users, provides better system management to telephone companies, and makes more efficient use of available mobile telephone channels through a computerized central control terminal. It improves system management by automatically recording information on all calls for accurate billing, running continual performance checks on its own operation and reporting any malfunctions to a central office.
Mobile Phone Terminal

Mobile Phone Terminal

Mobile Phone Terminal

Mobile Phone Terminal