35th Anniversary of the first public cell phone call
Martin Cooper and his wife and business partner Arlene Harris with their respective cell phone inventions Photo: Business Wire
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April 4, 2008 With around half the world's population expected to be carrying a mobile phone by the end of this year, it's hard to believe that its just 35 years since the first ever public cell phone call was made. Yesterday marked the anniversary of the historical call made on the streets of New York by portable cell phone inventor Martin Cooper, then general manager of Motorola’s Communications Systems Division.
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