History of the Mobile Phone By Dominique DeJohnette Jan 1, 1940 First Phone was developed Jun 1, 1946 First Phone Service was Offered Aug 21, 1948 Mobile telephone fiction was modeled Aug 21, 1948 Mobile Telephone Service (MTS) Aug 21, 1957 Experimental models of handheld mobile phones Aug 21, 1960 Radio Common Carrier (RCC) Aug 21, 1965 Wires become the first step to mobile phones Aug 21, 1965 Improved Mobile Telephone Service (IMTS) Aug 21, 1973 Handheld Mobile Phone Aug 21, 1980 Cellular AMPS Systems