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40 Years of the Cellphone: Key Moments in Mobile History

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One of the earliest industry standards, the European-built Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), was first used for phone calls by the prime minister of Finland in 1991— using a Nokia device —a moment captured for posterity in the video above. (By In ways big and small, the BlackBerry has changed the way Congress does business.

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