History of mobile phones - Wikipedia
The first fully automated mobile phone system for vehicles was launched in Sweden in 1956. Named MTA (Mobiltelefonisystem A), it allowed calls to be made and received in the car using …
History Of The Cell Phone (1973 to 2024) - Practically Networked
The first true mobile phone call was made in 1973 by Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, but it took about a decade for cell phones to become commercially available.
The First Cell Phone: The Device the Changed the World
Jan 20, 2022 · The world of mobile phones turned on its axis in 1993 when the Motorola StarTAC, the first clam-shell phone, was introduced. It introduced the traditional flip design that …
A history of mobile phones and smartphones - BBC Bitesize
When was the first mobile phone invented? The first call made from a mobile phone happened on 3 April 1973 in New York City.
50 years ago, he made the first cell phone call - CNN
Apr 4, 2023 · On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the …
The History Behind the Invention of the First Cell Phone
May 19, 2025 · With encouragement from his boss, Motorola’s chief of portable communication products, John Mitchell, Cooper, and the engineers at Motorola produced the working …
50 years ago, Martin Cooper made the first cellphone call - NPR
On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper made the first ever cellphone call on the streets of New York. His invention, a brick-sized device, became the first cellphone available to the general public.
Breakthroughs - History of the Mobile Phone
On April 3, 1973, Motorola’s Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call using the DynaTAC prototype. Weighing 2.5 pounds and 10 inches tall, it was a brick with 30 minutes of talk time, …
Mobile phone inventor made first call 50 years ago - BBC
Apr 3, 2023 · Mr Cooper, an engineer at Motorola, rang his counterpart at rival firm Bell Laboratories, to triumphantly tell him he was calling from "a personal, handheld, portable cell …
History of mobile phones and the first mobile phone - Uswitch
Oct 3, 2023 · The first mobile phone invented for practical use was by a Motorola employee called Martin Cooper who is widely considered to be a key player in the history of mobile phones.