Telephone line numbers, prefixes, and area codes
Bruce wrote:
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On 31/03/2012 12:29, Bruce wrote:
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I thought that the US military had coined and started using the
cellphone concept during World War II. Mind you, they were completely
different and nothing even like the bricks or dead-weights that one saw
in the 80s.
Vodafone was the first in the UK and started up in 1985. I don't know
where the technology might have been used before, but I would be
sceptical about anything so much older being similar.
The technology was not similar at its very start and would have made the
bricks and dead-weights of the 1980s look like we just achieved
faster-than-light speed.
Interesting.
I have been trying to find an image of the first Vodafone handset
type. I never thought to take a picture of mine.
Here's one:
http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?image=10309778&screenwidth=1536
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