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@Mr Miyagi
I am pretty sure it was actually Orange as all the other Networks had to react to this new concept.
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[ This Message was edited by: Dogmann on 2007-05-30 21:47 ]
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Posted: 2007-05-30 22:47:31
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Cellnet (O2) were the first analogue network, Orange were the first digital network, Orange were the first company to give away mins...
Cellnet were bought out by BT, then made into O2.....
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Posted: 2007-05-30 23:31:28
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when did voda become a network then? i always thought since they are the biggest network in the UK they were the 1st??
maybe i am wrong then.
Miyagi
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Posted: 2007-05-30 23:33:04
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Cellnet launched in 1993 and Voda in 1994.....
Orange in 1994
and i dunno about one2one (t-mob)
i remember having a tmob phone in 1997.......
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Posted: 2007-05-30 23:37:10
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its extortionate i would say
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Posted: 2007-05-30 23:41:10
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Vodafone was launched on 1 January 1985 according to wiki under history section:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vodafone#History
sorry i have gone off topic jcwhite
miyagi
[ This Message was edited by: Mr Miyagi on 2007-05-30 22:44 ]
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Posted: 2007-05-30 23:42:10
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so it does....
I've 1994 in my head though..
ahh well..
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Posted: 2007-05-30 23:45:55
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Late ninety's as far as I remember back. But we here in the US are always slightly (a lot) back.
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Posted: 2007-05-31 04:24:11
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