Editing Advanced Mobile Phone System (section)

{{short description|Analog mobile phone system standard}}
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'''Advanced Mobile Phone System''' ('''AMPS''') was an [[analog mobile phone]] system standard originally developed by [[Bell Labs]] and later modified in a cooperative effort between Bell Labs and Motorola. It was officially introduced in the Americas on October 13, 1983,<ref name="Testing the First Cell Phone Network">{{cite web|author=AT&T Tech Channel |url=http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2011/6/13/AT&T-Archives-AMPS:-coming-of-age |title=AT&T Archives : Testing the First Public Cell Phone Network |publisher=Techchannel.att.com |date=June 13, 2011 |access-date=September 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194138/http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2011/6/13/AT%26T-Archives-AMPS%3A-coming-of-age |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="PrivateLine">[http://www.privateline.com/dailynotes/index13.html Private Line] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610001231/http://www.privateline.com/dailynotes/index13.html |date=June 10, 2012 }}</ref><ref name = "MilestonesPast">[http://www.milestonespast.com/exbringing.htm MilestonesPast] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006011650/http://www.milestonespast.com/exbringing.htm |date=October 6, 2011 }}</ref> and was deployed in many other countries too, including Israel in 1986, Australia in 1987, Singapore in 1988, and Pakistan in 1990.<ref name="Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association">{{cite web|url=http://www.amta.org.au/default.asp?Page=142 |title=Ten years of GSM in Australia |access-date=August 16, 2008 |work=AMTA |publisher=Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association |year=2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720110058/http://www.amta.org.au/default.asp?Page=142 |archive-date=July 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was the primary analog mobile phone system in North America (and other locales) through the 1980s and into the 2000s. As of February 18, 2008, carriers in the United States were no longer required to support AMPS and companies such as [[AT&T]] and [[Verizon Communications]] have discontinued this service permanently. AMPS was discontinued in Australia in September 2000, in India by October 2004,<ref name="Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pta.gov.pk/index.php/en?Itemid=1&cur_t=vtext&id=237&option=com_content&scid=146|title=Home &#124; PTA|website=pta.gov.pk}}</ref> in Israel by January 2010, and Brazil by 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/tecnologia/noticia/2010/07/celulares-analogicos-estao-extintos-no-brasil-diz-anatel.html|title=Celulares analógicos estão extintos no Brasil, diz Anatel|first=Agencia|last=Estado|date=July 16, 2010|website=Tecnologia e Games}}</ref>