BT Test Equipment used in the development of the CT2 (Second Generation) Telepoint Cordless Telephone system
- Made:
- 1988 in United Kingdom and Ipswich
BT Test Equipment used in the development of the CT2 (Second Generation) Telepoint Cordless Telephone system. Two 19 inch electronics racks representing base station and handset, made by British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1989. Handset and base station, made by Ferranti Creditphone, British, 1989-1991. Handset, made by Shaye Communcations Limited, British, 1989-199. All conforming to the Common Air Interface Standard, CAI, 1988
BT Test Equipment used in the development of the CT2 (Second Generation) Telepoint Cordless Telephone system.
In the late 1980s the second generation of cordless telephone (CT2) technology, also known as Telepoint, was in development. This rack of electronics was CT2 test equipment used by BT engineers at BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath. Many people thought that Telepoint technology could compete with the young mobile phone industry. Four Telepoint services were launched: Rabbit, Phonepoint, Mercury Callpoint and Zonephone. Users could carry their Telepoint phone with them and make calls if they were within range of a public base station. The quickly expanding mobile phone industry rapidly outstripped Telepoint systems. Phonepoint, the first UK Telepoint service, closed only two years after its 1989 launch with fewer than 1000 subscribers. The last operator, Rabbit, withdrew in 1993.
Details
- Category:
- Telecommunications
- Object Number:
- 1994-1063
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified) and electronic components
- Measurements:
-
Zonephone: 180 mm x 202 mm x 44 mm,
Zonephone base station: 225 mm x 51 mm x 44 mm,
electronic racks (each): 266 mm x 482 mm x 242 mm,
Forum phone: 140 mm x 60 mm x 15 mm,
- type:
- testbed
- credit:
- Donated by BT Laboratories
Parts
CT2 wireless telephone test bed module representing handset, 1988
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and electronic components
- Object Number:
- 1994-1063 Pt1/1
- type:
- testbed
- Part of:
- 1994-1063 Pt1
Telepoint hand set associated with the CT2 Test Bed Module
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- 1994-1063 Pt1/2
- type:
- testbed
- Part of:
- 1994-1063 Pt1
Zonephone private base station, 1989-1991
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified) and electronic components
- Object Number:
- 1994-1063 Pt2
- type:
- base station
Zonephone handset, 1989-1991
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified) and electronic components
- Object Number:
- 1994-1063 Pt3
- type:
- telephone component
Forum Phonepoint telephone, 1989-1991
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified) and electronic components
- Object Number:
- 1994-1063 Pt4
- type:
- telephone
CT2 wireless telephone test bed module representing base station, 1988
Desk stand for zonephone private base station, 1989-1991
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified) and electronic components
- Object Number:
- 1994-1063 Pt6
- type:
- base station
