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  2. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

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    History of mobile phones. A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile ...

  3. Argos (retailer) - Wikipedia

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    Website. argos.co.uk. Argos Limited is a British catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and formerly in Ireland, acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos.

  4. List of mobile phone brands by country - Wikipedia

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    Germany. AEG. BenQ Mobile. Bankruptcy in 2006, defunct in 2007. Grundig Mobile. Hagenuk Telecom GmbH. insolvency in 1997, mobile phone development and manufacturing business acquired by Telital in 1998 [ 9] Siemens Mobile. Acquired by BenQ Corporation in 2005 to form BenQ Mobile.

  5. Telecommunications in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Telecommunications in the Philippines are well-developed due to the presence of modern infrastructure facilities. The industry was deregulated in 1995 when President Fidel Ramos signed Republic Act No. 7925 (The Public Telecommunications Policy Act of the Philippines). This law opened the sector to more private players and improved the ...

  6. Prepaid mobile phone - Wikipedia

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    Prepaid mobile phone. A prepaid mobile device, also known as a pay-as-you-go ( PAYG ), pay-as-you-talk, pay and go, go-phone, prepay, or burner phone, is a mobile device such as a phone for which credit is purchased in advance of service use. The purchased credit is used to pay for telecommunications services at the point the service is ...

  7. TNT (cellular service) - Wikipedia

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    TNT (formerly known as Piltel, Mobiline, Phone Pal, and still unofficially known as Talk 'N Text) is a cellular service of Smart Communications in the Philippines. [ 1] By April 2000, Piltel launched its GSM brand, Talk 'N Text. Piltel also reported 16,590,737 subscribers to its GSM brand, Talk 'N Text, before its transfer to Smart.

  8. Category:Mobile phone companies of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Mobile phone companies of the Philippines" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  9. List of countries by number of mobile phones in use - Wikipedia

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    This list ranks the countries of the world by the number of mobile phone numbers in use. Note that it is not the number of phone devices that are being given here, but the number of phone numbers in a country. In some countries, one person might have two mobile phones. Also, some mobile phone numbers may be used by machines as a modem (examples ...