There’s no question of Shhh! Someone might be listening with cellular phones – now that Intertan Ltd and others are selling these Realistic Pro 34 Transceiver multi-frequency radios in the UK, you can be sure that someone is listening: those who are suffering withdrawal symptoms from British Telecommunications Plc’s closure of its Chatline facilities seem to be consoling themselves by listening in on other peoples’ cellular phone conversations; according to the Evening Standard, evesdroppers in Basingstoke were able to hear a man giving detailed information on his bank balance, including the account number, two people discussed a confidential business deal between a local firm and one in the Channel Islands, and a secretary was indiscreet enough to use her car phone to tell a friend about progress of her affair with her boss – even so, chances are his wife is still the only one who doesn’t know about it.
