Viscount 9501R telephone, 1982-1983
Viscount 9501R telephone, made by Standard Telephones and Cables for the British Post Office, British, 1982-1983.
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The Viscount telephones were part of a range of home telephones introduced after the standardisation of telephone sockets in 1981. This standardisation ended the General Post Office monopoly on telephone designs, and gave consumers a wider choice. This telephone operated with digital exchanges rather than electric ones.
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified) and electrical components
- Object Number:
- 1983-226/1
- type:
- telephone
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- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum