Amos Joel Jr.
Amos Joel Jr. · Technology & Engineering
Invented automatic call handoff, enabling cellular telephony.
1918, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA — 2008, Maplewood, New Jersey, USA
United States (Bell Labs, New Jersey)
Amos Joel Jr. is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Invented automatic call handoff, enabling cellular telephony.
Joel invented automatic 'call handoff' in 1972, allowing a call to pass seamlessly between towers as a user moves — the breakthrough that made cellular telephony practical. Born in Philadelphia, he spent his entire career at Bell Labs; he is included in Jinfo.org's list of Jewish computer scientists, though available biographies do not further document this background. His patents underpin every mobile phone network.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
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Invented automatic call handoff, enabling cellular telephony.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Computer Science
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