50 years ago today, first mobile phone call was made
Shortpedia
Content Team
Image Credit: NewsBytes
Today marks a momentous occasion in the history of telecommunications. Fifty years back on this day, the first mobile call was placed by Marty Cooper, the inventor of mobile phones. Though today's devices vastly differ from the model used by Cooper, the basics of how the calls are placed have not changed much. Cooper's team made a device nicknamed "The Brick." It weighed roughly 1kg. The ground was now set for placing calls.
