How does one cellphone know which cell tower to connect to to reach another cellphone halfway across the world?

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Edit: More about how two towers figure out which cellphones need to be connected to each other

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They don’t, they’re only aware of devices in the immediate vicinity.

They consult **routers**, which can find a path to most other devices on the Internet or mobile networks.

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