Radio-Telephone Popular In Britain
LONDON, Nov. 2 (Recd. 7.5 pm).—The short-wave radio-tele-phone is becoming increasingly popular with British business firms for rapid communication. There are already about 2500 installations throughout the country and the Post Office has granted licences to 228 concerns for 1300 receiving or transmitting stations.
The Post Office figures do not include sets used by the police and other essential services. They include 75 car-hire and taxi firms who have found that radio helps to provide a quicker and more efficient service. Hired radio-equip-ped cars use their installations only for communication with the firm's headquarters. One London company claimed that by using radio it was able to reduce substantially petrol consumption.— Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 3 November 1949, Page 5
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