base station
a unit functioning as a transmitter and receiver of broadcasting or other signals, as in connection with a CB radio or mobile phone.
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The phone itself would not be of much use without cellular base stations and all the network infrastructure that is behind them.
The First Mobile Phone Call Was 75 Years Ago—How Technologies Go From Breakthrough to Big Time | Daniel Bliss | July 22, 2021 | Singularity HubThe first mobile phone services used small numbers of large radio towers, which meant that all the subscribers in a big city shared one central base station.
The First Mobile Phone Call Was 75 Years Ago—How Technologies Go From Breakthrough to Big Time | Daniel Bliss | July 22, 2021 | Singularity HubNow, however, Alexa comes built into the Blast and Megablast, and UE introduced a base station to convert the speaker into an always-on device like the Amazon Echo.
UE Blast and Megablast review: One step closer to a perfect portable Alexa speaker | empire | June 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe test kit includes a swab, a tube of purple chemicals, and a small battery-operated base station.
We reviewed three at-home covid tests. The results were mixed. | Antonio Regalado | May 4, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewAfter swabbing your nose, you stir the swab in the tube and then then click it into place in the base station.
We reviewed three at-home covid tests. The results were mixed. | Antonio Regalado | May 4, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
FitBark, available for preorder ($69 for one device, $109 for one device and a base station), is more of a community device.
British Dictionary definitions for base station
a fixed transmitter that forms part of an otherwise mobile radio network
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