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illustrative photo of Ben Wood, co-founder of the Mobile Phone Museum

40 years of stories: this historian of the future loves phones

Features | Alan Lu | 03 Jan 2025

As Vodafone marks its 40th anniversary, the founder of the Mobile Phone Museum, Ben Wood, looks back at the past and gazes towards the future of mobile technology.

Michael and Sir Ernest Harrison Making First UK Mobile Phone Call

Ringing in the New Year: phone calls still matter to Brits

Press Release |
Press Office | 31 Dec 2024

Vodafone at 40: “I’m humbled by what it’s turned into”

Features |
Editorial Team | 26 Nov 2024
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Ben Wood [centre] at the launch of the Mobile Phone Museum exhibit at PK Porthcurno.

Vodafone partners with PK Porthcurno to offer free museum entry

Press Release |
Press Office | 22 Apr 2024
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Ben Wood [centre] at the launch of the Mobile Phone Museum exhibit at PK Porthcurno.

“Going Mobile” exhibition – celebrating the journey of the mobile phone

Features |
Ally Stevens | 07 Nov 2023
stock photo of a Motorola DynaTac - a direct descendant of the prototype used to make the first-ever mobile phone call

First-ever mobile phone call made 50 years ago today

News |
Alan Lu | 03 Apr 2023
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History of the Vodafone Network

The history of Vodafone’s 153-year-old tunnel under the Thames

Our network |
Alexander Viner | 14 Feb 2023
photo of a bridge across a pond at Vodafone's UK headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire

Vodafone’s Newbury HQ: 20 years and counting

Features |
Jordan Aylward | 27 Jan 2023
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Close up of the first text message saying 'MERRY CHRISTMAS' on the Orbitel 901 phone

‘Merry Christmas’: The 30th anniversary of the first text message

Features |
Matt Wall | 03 Dec 2022
an original iPhone seen from the front alongside an iPhone 14 Pro as seen from the rear

Head-to-head: The first Apple iPhone vs iPhone 14 Pro

Features |
Alan Lu | 17 Oct 2022
illustrative photo of Ben Wood, co-founder of the Mobile Phone Museum

Vodafone sponsors world’s most extensive mobile phone museum

Press Release |
Press Office | 21 Sep 2021

Who are the British & Irish Lions and how did they get their name?

Features |
Padraig Belton | 13 Aug 2020
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Michael and Sir Ernest Harrison Making First UK Mobile Phone Call

Vodafone celebrates 35 years since first UK mobile phone call

Features |
Matt Wall | 01 Jan 2020
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