Mobile phones are such a routine part of our everyday lives that it’s strange to think it’s only 40 years since the first mobile phone call.
It was back on April 3 1973 that Motorola employee Martin Cooper made a call in New York on a Motorola DynaTAC. The handset was nine inches tall, had a talk-time of 35 minutes, and took 10 hours to recharge.
Fast forward four decades and there are over 81 million mobile subscriptions in the UK – that’s actually more mobiles than people. More than 90% of us have a mobile phone.
Fixed line telephony is now decreasing, and in many cases, the only reason to have a phone line is for internet access. Continue reading →