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Spinoff story
Mobile Phone Terminal
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
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.