Car Phone
Car Phone. A car phone dealer in Reading in January 1985. The cellular networks opened this month, covering London and the M4, and a phone fitted in a car…
Two thousand pounds for a telephone. In a car.
A car phone dealer in Reading in January 1985. The cellular networks opened this month, covering London and the M4, and a phone fitted in a car costs more than £2,000. Every sales director in the Thames Valley wants one. The networks pay you for each customer you connect, and each wants you to sell only its phones.
- Starts
- January 1985
- Length
- two years
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Scored on
- Reach £620,000 of annual sales
- Business
- Pager & Car Phone Dealer
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