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World's first GSM call, 1 July 1991
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Uploaded on Jun 29, 2011
Used with the permission of Finland's national public service broadcasting company, YLE.
Harri Holkeri, then prime minister of Finland, makes the world's first GSM call on 1 July 1991 from Esplanadi Park, Helsinki, Finland. The network was built by Telenokia and Siemens - today's Nokia Siemens Networks - for the Finnish operator Radiolinja that now operates under the name Elisa.
Today, there are over 4.4 billion GSM mobile subscriptions. GSM is the fastest growing technology in history.
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PUBLIC ANNOUNCER
This is the first GSM call over a private operator network
It goes to Vice Mayor Kaarina Suonio in Tampere
We can all hear it via loudspeakers
This is exciting.
No noise on the line.
The GSM network is free of background noise.
We are waiting for the reply
SUONIO
Hello?
HOLKERI
Vice Mayor Suonio?
SUONIO
Yes
HOLKERI
I'm calling from Helsinki, wishing you a good summer
SUONIO
Is it Harri?
HOLKERI
Yes. We are making history. I'm calling with the new GSM network; we are the first to speak over it
SUONIO
I can hear you very well
HOLKERI
It is noise-free, like speaking to a neighbour
SUONIO
How much does this differ from a normal call?
HOLKERI
You know it
SUONIO
Yes, viewers can hear us. GSM is safe, nobody can listen-in to it.
HOLKERI
Correct. GSM is noise-free, it is the safest and the most economical network
SUONIO
It is great that you have only a SIM-card that you can change it to any phone in the system and make it your own
HOLKERI
You've learned this well
It makes us integrate to Europe and feel home everywhere
SUONIO
When will this spread outside Europe?
HOLKERI
With this pace of technology development, it will not take many years
SUONIO
Are you having a party there?
HOLKERI
Yes, I see happy faces around me. I say this is a call away from recession, and the start of new growth
SUONIO
The audience seems happy, but it may be the nice summer day
HOLKERI
We all think this will be start of a better time
SUONIO
A great advancement in technology is always a step for the better
And this has a lot of Finnish know-how in it
HOLKERI
It is great to see Finland in the front-line again
To all of you, best wishes from Helsinki, now this new European system has been taken to use
SUONIO
In the European way: Merci beaucoup, Monsieur, Au revoir!
[Missing from subtitles:
HOLKERI
(In Swedish) Thank you, too!]
PUBLIC ANNOUNCER
Thank you, we had the opportunity to see and hear the first call with our own eyes and ears.
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Herra Korton 1 year ago
but when was the first cordless gsm call :p
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uniteChannel 1 year ago
The first handheld GSM phones came on the market a year later in 1992:)
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Top Comments
bydus88 1 year ago
hahaha safe and secure no one can hear us.. except the governments
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Ahmed bika 1 year ago
World's first GSM call, 1 July 1991
This is history :)
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All Comments (13)
nghanshing 1 year ago
It all started with a nokia. Proud to be a nokia owner :)
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Justafriend 1 year ago
Nokia <3
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Nelly5029 1 year ago
Proud to be working for Nokia Siemens Networks!
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nateo200 1 year ago
GSM probably the biggest revolution to mobilizing phones! UMTS just built on it!
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Víctor Pereira 1 year ago
Hoy, 20 años, después, hay más de 4,4 millones de suscripciones GSM. GSM es la tecnología de más rápido crecimiento en la historia.
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hkarinen2 1 year ago
xenover: Nothing stopping you becoming a Finn : )))
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Taavi Kala 1 year ago
Finland rocks! And I'm not even Finnish :D
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