{
  "id": 3332468,
  "title": "World's first mobile phone call: Cooper dials rival on New York City street",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/worlds-first-mobile-phone-call-cooper-dials-rival-on-new-york-city",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T18:31:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/in-1973-dr-martin-cooper-made-worlds-first-mobile-phone-call-to-his-rival-at-bell-labs-but-all-he-heard-back-was-silence-as-/articleshow/133522451.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dr Martin Cooper made the first mobile phone call on April 3, 1973. He called his rival Joel Engel from a New York City street. Motorola and Bell Laboratories pursued different mobile communication approaches then. Cooper's call demonstrated a truly portable mobile phone concept. This event marked an early step in mobile communication evolution.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}