Telecommunications in the United Kingdom have evolved from the early days of the telegraph to modern fibre broadband and high-speed 5G networks.
Company logo on porch of 17 & 19 Newhall Street, Birmingham (former Central exchange)
The Belmont Transmitter Mast seen at night
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Vodafone Limited, trading as Vodafone UK, is a British telecommunications company, owned since May 2025 by VodafoneThree, a subsidiary of Vodafone Group. The country's first cellular phone call was ma
Telecommunications in the United Kingdom
…owned by British Telecom and Securicor. BT eventually bought out Securicor's stake. The network became BT Cellnet and was then demerged to become O2. Vodafone. Both companies ran ETACS analogue mobile phone networks…
London Taxi with Vodafone livery