Human guinea pigs to test mobile phone risks
The British Government has commissioned a study using human guinea pigs to test whether the prolonged use of mobile phones...
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16th February 1998
13th February 1998
UK criminals get mobile
British police and trading standards officers are warning that a new trend in mobile phone services is being exploited by...
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2nd January 1998
‘Pass the phone, Charlie’
You know what it's like ... a mobile phone rings, you dash around trying to find it. You scrabble around...
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25th November 1997
Britain – a green and digital land
One in 20 British homes is now connected to the Internet, according to the latest official statistics. This is still...
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1st April 1997
Amstrad sells mobile phone firm to Bosch
Alan Sugar yesterday lived up to his reputation as a consummate deal- maker by selling Dancall, Amstrad's mobile phone business, to Robert Bosch, the privately-owned German electronics giant, for pounds 92m. The price represents a return of almost six times on Amstrad's investment in loss-making Dancall in just three-and-a-half years.
15th May 1996
Amstrad shares dive on Dancall warning
Amstrad saw pounds 38m wiped off its stock market value yesterday after warning that its Dancall mobile telephone subsidiary would not make any contribution to group profits this year.
1st January 1985
Ernie Wise places the first mobile phone call on Vodafone
Britain’s first commercial mobile phone call was actually made by Michael Harrison, the son of Vodafone’s first chairman Sir Ernest...
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