History is calling!
Man who made Britain’s first mobile phone call remembers the event
THE man who made Britain’s first mobile phone call has recalled the event 30 years on.
Michael Harrison became the first to test the new system at midnight on January 1 1985.
Mr Harrison rang his father, former Vodafone chairman Sir Ernest Harrison, from London’s Parliament Square.
He called on a Transportable Vodafone VT1 that weighed 11lb, had 30 minutes’ talk time and cost £2,000 – around £5k at today’s prices.
He said: “I thought it might sound different talking to somebody on a cellular network so it was a bit of a surprise that everything was so clear.”
He added: “My father often told me how mobile phones would change the world.
“I did think mobile would catch on, but more for people who had to be in contact like that, not as an indispensable part of everyone’s daily life.”
Brits now make 132 million mobile calls every day.
Man who made Britain’s first mobile phone call remembers the event
THE man who made Britain’s first mobile phone call has recalled the event 30 years on.
Michael Harrison became the first to test the new system at midnight on January 1 1985.
Mr Harrison rang his father, former Vodafone chairman Sir Ernest Harrison, from London’s Parliament Square.
He called on a Transportable Vodafone VT1 that weighed 11lb, had 30 minutes’ talk time and cost £2,000 – around £5k at today’s prices.
He said: “I thought it might sound different talking to somebody on a cellular network so it was a bit of a surprise that everything was so clear.”
He added: “My father often told me how mobile phones would change the world.
“I did think mobile would catch on, but more for people who had to be in contact like that, not as an indispensable part of everyone’s daily life.”
Brits now make 132 million mobile calls every day.
History is calling! Man who made Britain’s first mobile phone call remembers the event
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