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The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) was introduced into my country, Nigeria, in 2001.
Prior to that time, I utilized various forms of previous telephone technologiesβ- amounting to no more than a few dozen instances.
Before GSM, the only reliable means of connecting with smaller towns is by the old snail mail method. Thus, when my father died in 1992, it took 2 weeks for the message to reach my destination β from the village to the city.
Growing from, first, rustic analog devices, mobile phones and their associated telecommunication technologies has gone through several iterations ever since.
These days, top Android smartphones and iPhones can perform or replace dozens of physical devices with their ever-expanding array of functions. Incredibly versatile, their capabilities and functions keep on increasing.
Consumers are so spoiled for choices that they can no longer imagine what life was before our mobile-gadgets driven life dawned on us about two decades ago.
