Why are mobile phones called cellular phones?

Answer 1

Mobile phones work through radio frequencies. These frequencies have to be planned very carefully because if two people are using the same frequency in the same place it interferes (like when you get a fuzzy noise on the radio because of interference). Interference causes the signal to get corrupted and can lead to your call suddenly being dropped.

So mobile operators spend a great deal of time planning frequencies to give the best performance and the optimum way to do that is in a hexagonal grid system (like the pattern of honeycomb). The mobile phone masts are ideally placed at the intersections of the hexagon shapes. So each mast should have three hexagonal areas surrounding it. Obviously these aren't exact because the real world isn't perfectly flat and you can't put masts just anywhere! But these areas are called 'cells', hence the name cellular network and they cover our world like a patchwork quilt.

Answer 2

The concept is that a small handheld device has limited power capability which governs the distance over which it can communicate. The idea of the cell technology is that if you put enough cells in an area then all cell phones will be in the range of at least one cell. A cell is basically a concentration point where your individual signal is integrated into the overall telephone network. This is similar to the landline in your house connecting over a wire pair to a central office. In the case of cell phones the air waves replace the wire and the cell tower acts as a central office.

Answer 3

Because, cellphones are connected to Cellular networks/Cellular cable