A Short History of Data Radio
James F. DeRose · 1999
Over the nine decades commencing in 1899 wireless data evolved from low-bit-rate military systems into high-cost private systems developed for quasi-military organizations such as police departments. In just the past decade a remarkable convergence of technologies permitted reasonably priced, physically small, near-wireline-speed, public wireless systems to become a reality. This introductory chapter presents a survey of data radio from 1899 to the present day.