Mobile phone (disambiguation)

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The terms mobile phone and radio telephone stand for:

  • Mobile phone ( coll. Also "mobile phone", in Switzerland also Natel ): portable, power-independent device for calls and services in the mobile network
  • Cordless telephone , device with mobile hearing / speaking device and power network-dependent base station (also for direct charging of the handsets) for calls and services in the fixed network
  • Car phone , forerunner of today's cell phone
  • Satellite telephone, telephony via satellite instead of ground infrastructure


See also:

Wiktionary: mobile phone  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wikiquote: Mobile  Phone Quotes
  • Smartphone , hybrid form of a mobile phone and a personal digital assistant (PDA)