Which Company Made the First Mobile Phone Call?

Let’s test your industry knowledge—do you know who placed the very first mobile phone call and when?

Martin Cooper at Motorola on April 3, 1973 — he called Joel Engel from a DynaTAC prototype. My go-to tip: I remember your “very first mobile phone call” as handheld-only, since earlier car-phone systems from Bell Labs can muddy it. Are we counting just handheld calls here?

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