Question

Before mobile phones, there was / were two-way radios in taxis, police cars and ambulances, but users can't/ couldn't connect to the phone network. In 1910, Lars Ericsson installed / was installing a phone in his car. He stopped / was stopping at different places while he travelled / was travelling across the country. Then, he connected / was connecting his phone to the national telephone network with long wires. The first real mobile phone system started / was starting in 1956, in Sweden. Today, people use / are using mobile phones every day. ​

Answer 1

Before mobile phones, two-way radios were common in taxis, police cars, and ambulances, but users couldn't connect to the phone network. In 1910, Lars Ericsson installed a phone in his car, stopping at different places while he traveled across the country. He connected his phone to the national telephone network with long wires. The first real mobile phone system started in 1956 in Sweden. Today, people use mobile phones every day.