The first mobile phone with Internet access The first mobile phone with Internet connectivity was the Nokia 9000 Communicator. It was launched in Finland back in 1996, but in truth the viability of accessing the Internet was at first limited by very high prices by the operators. So, the answer is 1996 because that's when it was launched.
Because of this some refer to Europe as "an isthmus," although it should be noted that this is very rare, and mostly people simply refer to it as "Europe".
