40th Anniversary of the First Mobile Phone Call [Infographic]

Forty years ago today, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper stood out in front of the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan and made a call to Bell Labs on a two-pound mobile phone. The message was clear: We did it first. So began the mobile revolution, summarized in an infographic from Cisco.

Forty years ago today, Motorola engineer Martin Cooper stood out in front of the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan and made a call to Bell Labs on a two-pound mobile phone. The message was clear: We did it first. So began the mobile revolution, summarized in an infographic from Cisco.

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