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    Who made the first call from a mobile phone in the UK on New Year's Day 1985?

    Question #41004. Asked by MaggieG 5. (Nov 11 03 1:17 PM)


    mk2norwich

    		Ernest Wiseman, aka the much missed entertainer Ernie Wise.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,837821,00.html

    1 vote. Nov 11 03, 1:27 PM
    sequoianoir

    		The military electronics company, then called Racal-Vodafone, landed Britain's first cellular license in 1983, and during New Year's celebrations on Jan. 1, 1985, it sent the first call from Trafalgar Square to company headquarters in Newbury, 80 km east

    Nov 11 03, 1:31 PM
    MaggieG 5

    		Yay, Mark! I was at the dentist today reading a "Vogue" magazine, (frightfully sophisticated, my dentist - no "Best" or "Chat") while waiting for my anaesthetic to kick in, and it was in there. I wonder why they chose him??

    Nov 11 03, 1:37 PM
    sequoianoir

    		To back up my claim.

    http://www.businessweek.com/1999/99_04/b3613160.htm

    Nov 11 03, 1:41 PM
    MaggieG 5

    		The article said that he did it for vodaphone.

    Nov 11 03, 1:56 PM

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