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mar 16, 1973 - Cell phones

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The first handheld mobile phone was demonstrated by John F. Mitchell and Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973. In 1979, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) launched the world's first cellular network in Japan.In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first commercially available handheld mobile phone.

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mar 16, 1973
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~ 53 years ago