WINNIPEG - Sixteen years after first launching cellular service, MTS announced today it has topped 300,000 cellular customers. MTS launched cellular service on a riverboat near the historic Forks on May 6, 1988. At that time, cellular coverage was spotty, the cell phones were big and heavy (which is why the phones of the day earned the nickname 'the brick phone') and the phones and per-minute rates were quite expensive. As a result, the market was small and limited mainly to mobile business customers. "We've come a long way since then, as you can now have a cell phone the...
