On New Year's Day 1985, Michael Harrison, a 24-year-old trainee accountant, made history by placing Britain's first mobile phone call using the Transportable Vodafone VT1. The call, made to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, a founder of Vodafone, marked a significant milestone in the evolution of mobile communication.
On the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day in 1985, 24-year-old trainee accountant Michael Harrison made history.
Mr Harrison's father, Sir Ernest Harrison, was a founder of Vodafone and the company's first chairman. Mr Harrison was loaned the phone in the hope that he would surprise his dad. His mother was in on the secret too. But technology did move quickly. Mr Harrison got a car phone in 1986 and then his first hand-held device around three years later.
The pivotal moment for the UK's mobile phone industry came when Racal outbid GEC to buy mobile phone technology.Just days after his New Year's Day call, comedian Ernie Wise made what was the first public mobile phone call
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