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LicenseMTN branded umbrella (2013-160) and mobile phone call box (2013-161), used in Cameroon, unknown maker, 2012. MTN is a
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
MTN branded umbrella (2013-160) and mobile phone call box (2013-161), used in Cameroon, unknown maker, 2012. MTN is a
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Small wooden mobile phone call box used in Bamenda, Cameroon in 2012, unknown maker, 2008-2012
The arrival of mobile phones provided many young people, including many women, with the opportunity to run a call box business, enabling them to become self-sufficient. This particular box was operated near Ntarinkon market in Bamenda, a town in the Northwest region of Cameroon, until 2012. It was later sold to the Science Museum. As with many call boxes, this example contributed to a rapidly transforming landscape which was being dramatically repainted in the colours of Orange, MTN and Camtel, the three mobile network operators in Cameroon at that time.
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 2013-161
- Materials:
- paint, plywood and wood (unidentified)
- type:
- call box
- taxonomy:
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- built environment - hierarchy name
- single built work- hierarchy name
