Nowadays, there can be few areas of the inhabited world that are not hooked up to mobile networks. Mobile phones have become such a ubiquitous part of the fabric of our society that we sometimes forget that, up until relatively recently, there was no such thing as a mobile telecommunications network anywhere in the world. Nowadays, mobile telephone networks are big business, with multi-billion euro turnovers and transmitters all over the world. In the 1950s, however, there was only one mobile telephone network, and you had to go to Sweden if you wanted to use it. If you want to make a few calls when you’re on the move nowadays, you can get yourself a deal that will give you a free phone, with unlimited calls and texts, as part of an affordable monthly payment plan. Back then, you had to be pretty well heeled in order to be able to afford to make just one call on a mobile phone!
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