Gsm Call Transcript

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 1 (3) 30.06.2011 This is the transcript of the world’s first GSM call Harri Holkeri, then prime minister of Finland, makes the world’s first GSM call 1 July 1991 in Helsinki, Finland. The network was built by Telenokia and Siemens – today’s Nokia Siemens Networks - for the Finnish operator Radiolinj a that now operates under the name Elisa. Holkeri made the call to Kaarina Suonio, vice mayor of the city of Tampere who received the call on her landline in her office. LOCATION: Esplanadi Park, Helsinki. 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, wish 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

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This is the transcript of the world’s first GSM call Harri Holkeri, then prime minister of Finland,makes the world’s first GSM call 1 July 1991 in Helsinki, Finland. The network was built byTelenokia and Siemens – today’s Nokia Siemens Networks - for the Finnish operator Radiolinjathat now operates under the name Elisa.

Holkeri made the call to Kaarina Suonio, vice mayor of the city of Tampere who received thecall on her landline in her office.

LOCATION: Esplanadi Park, Helsinki.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCERThis is the first GSM call over a private operator networkIt goes to Vice Mayor Kaarina Suonio in Tampere

We can all hear it via loudspeakersThis is exciting.No noise on the line.The GSM network is free of background noise.We are waiting for the reply

SUONIOHello

HOLKERIVice Mayor Suonio?

SUONIO

Yes

HOLKERII’m calling from Helsinki, wish you a good summer

SUONIOIs it Harri?

HOLKERIYes. We are making history. I’m calling with the new GSM network; weare the first to speak over it

SUONIO

I can hear you very well

HOLKERIIt is noise-free, like speaking to a neighbour

SUONIOHow much does this differ from a normal call?

HOLKERIYou know it

SUONIO

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Yes, viewers can hear us. GSM is safe, nobody can listen-in to it.

HOLKERICorrect. GSM is noise-free, it is the safest and the most economicalnetwork

SUONIOIt is great that you have only a SIM-card that you can change it to anyphone in the system and make it your own

HOLKERIYou’ve learned this well

It makes us integrate to Europe and feel home everywhere

SUONIOWhen will this spread outside Europe?

HOLKERIWith this pace of technology development, it will not take many years

SUONIOAre you having a party there?

HOLKERIYes, I see happy faces around me. I say this is a call away from

recession, and the start of new growth

SUONIOThe audience seems happy, but it may be the nice summer day

HOLKERIWe all think this will be start of a better time

SUONIOA great advancement in technology is always a step for the better

And this has a lot of Finnish know-how in it

HOLKERIIt is great to see Finland in the front-line again

To all of you, best wishes from Helsinki, now this new European systemhas been taken to use

SUONIOIn the European way: Merci beaucoup, Monsieur, Au revoir!

[Missing from subtitles: HOLKERI(In Swedish) Thank you, too!]

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCERThank you, we had the opportunity to see and hear the first call with ourown ears and eyes.