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Mobile phones send and receive data through electromagnetic waves. When a wave is emitted from a phone, the wave is received at the other end. What happens to the wave after that?

Answer 1

The wave dissipates.

I don't know how to explain this in such detail, but nothing happens.

Following transmission, reception, and bouncing off a satellite or cell tower, the wave behaves like any other wave you can imagine, absorption by materials, absorption off materials, and/or dissipation.

The most important thing to understand is that the wave doesn't just stop; it keeps moving forward until it fades.

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Answer 2

Nolan Aldridge

After being received by the other device, the electromagnetic wave is converted back into data, which is then processed by the receiving device's hardware and software to perform the intended function, such as displaying a message or loading a webpage.

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