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In 1958 the Queen made the first UK long distance call without the help of an operator. The first trunk call heralded a new age for telecommunications and opened up the UK communications network.
Then 1973 saw the first UK mobile phone call with a mobile consumer service launching in 1984 and mobiles have been a mass phenomenon for around a decade.
Mobiles were the next best thing, they made out lives easier and enabled a generation to communicate on the move, however what price did we pay for that?
The obvious one is the annoying habit of walking into lampposts as you wonder along the street typing a text, but a more sinister threat emerged in the early part of the 21st century with reports of potential ill effects from handset emanated microwave radiation This was eventually dismissed by many as a minimal effect and the data considered oft inconclusive.
However,new research from Lund University Sweden has now raised questions on the effects of mobile phone use on memory. Whilst its early days and lab rat testing, this might be the next big development in mobile, but not a welcome one.
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