Mobile Phone Facts
- The first mobile telephone call was made on April 3, 1973 by Martin Cooper, a former Motorola inventor, who is known as "the father of the cellphone".
- The first mobile phone call made in the UK was in 1985 when comedian Ernie Wise called from London to Vodafone's offices in Newbury, Berkshire. Mobile phones went on sale here two years later costing £1,200 each and became the must–have gadget of the yuppie.
- Mobile phone texting was first introduced 21 years ago. Neil Papworth, a 22–year–old software programmer from Reading, sent the first message when he wished his friend Richard Jarvis of Vodafone: "Merry Christmas." At the time mobile phones didn't have keyboards so it was sent via personal computer.
- Modern devices can weigh less than 3oz and around the world there are now five billion mobile telephones. In the UK the volume of calls from mobile phones first exceeded the volume of calls from fixed phones in 2011. The mobile phone industry is the fastest–growing in the world.
- There are now 89.9 million subscriptions in the UK. In Q1 2015 61% of UK adults used their mobile phone for internet access. Tablet ownership is 54% of UK .
- In 2016 the average number of SMS and MMS sent per mobile handset subscription per month was 107
- Proportion of adults who personally own/use a mobile phone in the UK is 93%
Mobile Phone Challenges
To be able to conduct business seamlessly wherever you are
Just because you are out of the office, it is still possible to have your office functionality when you are at home or on the move, your office is where you are, not where your desk is, your customers should not know the difference,
We can;
We can;
- Provide you with telephone system functionality on your mobile smartphone with smart applications
- One telephone number which follows you wherever you are
- An office phone at home, which can be billed to the company, with all of the features of an office deskphone, and free intercompany calls, with no
- Supply audio conferencing applications accessible from any device
- Streamline communications, by giving callers one number to dial, and by redirecting incoming calls to multiple phones
- Provide mobile phones, and a unique service that allows you to access any of the 4 major netwoks, ensuring the best UK coverage
- Offer mobile phone recording
- Offer a unique service that allows you to send out your chosen land line numbers when you make a call on your mobile
- Provide you with hardware and applications that allow you to track your mobile workforce, and allow a step by step process of finding your customer, getting a sign off on work or a delivery, with realtime information