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SBS50: Fast Facts 1987

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Mobira mobile phone.

Did you know that in 1987, the first mobile phone call was made in Australia? The first portable handsets were about the size of a briefcase, cost more than four thousand dollars and had a battery life of little more than 20 minutes.


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