Brits Who Made The Modern World

S1 E42008

Mobile Phones

Episode Synopsis

In the early 1980s, a team of engineers developed software that laid out a system of phone masts around the country. Their work helped launch Vodafone - now one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.

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