Turning mobile phones into portable billboards
Text messages. We can't get enough of them, and phone companies hope they are a taste of the future. But,...
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23rd April 2001
17th April 2001
Vodafone passes 3G ‘milestone’
Vodafone engineers were "ecstatic" on Monday after making the first third-generation (3G) mobile phone call from a real network in...
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17th April 2001
Vodafone shuns 3G reforms
Vodafone has shunned an initiative to help telecoms firms cut the costs of building the high-speed mobile networks needed for...
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7th March 2001
Vodafone bullish on mobile future
Vodafone says it will launch new generation mobile phone services across its global operations within a matter of weeks. The...
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21st February 2001
Text messaging nears a billion
Nearly a billion mobile phone text messages were sent in January, according to the latest industry figures from the Mobile...
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14th February 2001
‘Text message’ driver gets five years
A lorry driver who was sending a text message to his girlfriend when he hit and killed a man has...
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14th February 2001
Mobiles and driving – a deadly mix
The dangers of using mobile phones whilst driving have again come under scrutiny following the conviction of lorry driver Paul...
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14th February 2001
Stranded tourist dials SOS on mobile
A UK tourist stranded on a boat off Indonesia has used her mobile phone to raise the alarm with her...
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14th February 2001
WUBMV? messages set 2 soar
The traditional wait for the postman is likely to be supplanted by the bleep of the mobile phone this St...
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12th January 2001
The end for free SMS?
UK fans of free text-messaging services for mobile phones should use them while they can. Changes to the way mobile...
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