Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone, 1993

Made:
1993 in unknown place
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Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone by Hutchison Personal
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Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone by Hutchison Personal Communications Ltd, 1993. With park and charge unit, home base station and owner’s documentation, all in original carrying case.

Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone by Hutchison Personal Communications Ltd, 1993.

In the 1990s a portable telephone system called Telepoint, sometimes known as CT2, was developed as a competitor to mobile phone technology. In the UK four companies offered Telepoint services, and the best known was the Rabbit Phone system by Hutchison Personal Communications Ltd. Users could carry their Rabbit phone with them and make calls from public access points on the Rabbit system. Unfortunately the rapidly expanding mobile phone networks quickly outstripped all the Telepoint providers, and lack of uptake meant that the Rabbit system was discontinued less than two years after its 1992 launch.

Details

Category:
Telecommunications
Object Number:
2005-107
Materials:
plastic (unidentified), metal (unknown), paper (fibre product), electronic components and composites
type:
mobile telephone
credit:
Donated by Mr Roger Keyworth

Parts

Two batteries from the Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone by Duracell

Two batteries from the Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone by Duracell

Two batteries from the Rabbit mobile telepoint telephone by Duracell, 1990-1993

Object Number:
2005-107/5
type:
mobile telephone