It’s an ordinary, old black pay phone, its push buttons faded by decades of fingers pressing the numbers. But I like to call it the world’s most beautiful pay phone, thanks to its front-row view of ...

NEW YORK CITY -- On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on sixth avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the first public call from a cell phone to one of the men ...

An endless source of amusement for those of advancing years can come from handing a rotary phone to a teenager and asking them to dial a number with it. It’s rare for them to be stumped by a piece of ...

Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola decided to make history by trolling his rival, Joel Engel of AT&T, with a phone call. Reading time 4 minutes Leer en español. On April 3, 1973, a man named Martin Cooper ...

Such has been the success of the mobile phone that in many places they have removed the need for wired connections, for example where this is being written the old copper connection can only be made ...

The first cell phone call ever by a customer started with a stolen car. It was decided by a race in Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. And it was completed to the granddaughter of Alexander Graham ...