
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


In 1973, Marty Cooper made the first public mobile phone call using his newly invented cell phone. Now, there are more mobile phones on the planet than people. Fourteen-year-old Becky, from Northern Ireland, asks Marty about that call and how his invention changed our lives.
Producer: Tamsin Barber.
By BBC World Service4.8
1919 ratings
In 1973, Marty Cooper made the first public mobile phone call using his newly invented cell phone. Now, there are more mobile phones on the planet than people. Fourteen-year-old Becky, from Northern Ireland, asks Marty about that call and how his invention changed our lives.
Producer: Tamsin Barber.

7,681 Listeners

892 Listeners

1,043 Listeners

5,425 Listeners

1,787 Listeners

954 Listeners

1,786 Listeners

1,091 Listeners

2,120 Listeners

1,916 Listeners

963 Listeners

426 Listeners

811 Listeners

244 Listeners

346 Listeners

1,440 Listeners

483 Listeners

323 Listeners

134 Listeners

4,178 Listeners

3,186 Listeners

729 Listeners

260 Listeners