The first cell phone call, 50 years ago, was a memorable joke

On April 3, 1973, a Motorola engineer, Martin Cooper, dialed a number on the keypad of a portable telephone that weighed one and a half kilos. The story of that first call from a cell phone is amazing.

“I didn’t know that” is the Italian Tech web series that tells the stories and curiosities about the protagonists of innovation

by Pier Luigi Pisa

editing by Valeria D’Angelo (Accenture MediaTech)