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04/29/2006 Nokia Patent
Suit |
Finnish cell phone giant Nokia agreed to pay U.S.-based
InterDigital Commmunications $253 million to quash
a long-running patent dispute over 2G handsets.
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04/26/2006 Mobile Voice
Over IP |
Phone users will be a step closer on Wednesday to
being able to make on-the-move calls over the Web
in the latest effort by Internet-based telecoms firms
to grab a share of the market from mobile operators.
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04/26/2006 AT&T Profits
Up |
AT and T, the new name for SBC Communications, said
quarterly profits rose 63 percent to 1.445 billion
dollars on merger-related savings and growth in wireless
and broadband services.
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04/24/2006 InPhonic To
Sell Cellular Phone Plans On Amazon.com |
InPhonic Inc. plans to start selling cellular phones
and service plans on Amazon.com Inc. in the third
quarter, the first such deal for the online retailer.
The multi-year deal announced Thursday makes the Washington,
D.C., company the first reseller to sell mobile phone
service plans in Amazon.com's wireless store.
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04/23/2006 Sprint Nextel
Buying Ubiquitel |
Sprint Nextel Corp. has agreed to acquire UbiquiTel
Inc. for $1 billion, continuing a campaign of buying
up regional affiliates that have sued over last year's
merger between Sprint and Nextel.
Conshohocken-based UbiquiTel provides wireless
service under the Sprint brand name to 452,000 subscribers
in medium-sized cities in California, Idaho, Indiana,
Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and
Wyoming.
Ubiquitel Sale
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04/17/2006 Sprint Tracks
Kids Via GPS Cell Phones |
Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday launched a new
service that locates children through their cell phones,
the first U.S. mobile carrier to offer tracking using
standard hardware.
Dubbed "Family Locator Service," the $9.95 per
month service relies on GPS (Global Positioning System)
technology to pinpoint up to four cell phones, and
then maps their locations on a PC or a parent's own
cell phone.
Complete Article
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04/17/2006 Dial for Dollars |
Forget about cash and credit cards. There's a
new payment alternative for buying CDs, DVDs and other
such entertainment pleasures -- your cell phone.
Online payment specialist PayPal, a unit of Internet
auction giant eBay, has introduced PayPal Mobile to
North America. The wireless version of its service
enables users to buy goods and exchange money using
their phones. Transactions are conducted by secure
text message.
Complete Article
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04/16/2006 High-tech Bullying
May Be on the Rise |
Bullies have plied their trade in the school yard,
on the school bus and, more recently, on the Internet.
Now research suggests that mean girls, at least, are
keeping up with changing times: They're text-messaging
their threats.
In a small-scale study presented at a meeting of
the American Educational Research Association here
this week, researchers surveyed 65 girls ages 15-18
in an upscale Sacramento suburb in 2004 and found
that self-identified female bullies most often text-messaged
harassment by cellphone, preferring it nearly 2 to
1 over e-mail, websites and instant messaging. About
45% had been victims of cyber-bullying.
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04/15/2006 Sprint Tracks
Kids Via GPS Cell Phones |
Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday launched a new
service that locates children through their cell phones,
the first U.S. mobile carrier to offer tracking using
standard hardware.
Dubbed Family Locator Service, the $9.95 per month
service relies on GPS (Global Positioning System)
technology to pinpoint up to four cell phones, and
then maps their locations on a PC or a parent's own
cell phone.
Privacy safeguards, said Sprint, include parent-child
permission to track phones, and text messages that
are sent to the child's phone whenever the parent
requests his or her location. Parents can also authorize
others, such as a sitter, nanny, or other relative,
to access a phone's location.
Complete Article
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04/14/2006 Air France
Allows Text Messaging |
Air France is to allow passengers to use their
mobile phones once airborne on certain flights, though
only for text messaging and data applications, the
airline announced last week - voice calls will be
interdit for the time being.
The service will kick off in March 2007, three
months after Air France takes possession of a new
Airbus A318 aircraft. No surprises then to hear that
the aeroplanes use the OnAir cellular system, which
has Airbus's backing.
Air France Allows Text Messaging
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04/11/2006 Ringtones |
New and popular tones and collaborations to make
your phones ring distinct. Ringtones Central is your premier source
for locating ringtones for specific brands and carriers,
finding cellular acessories, cellular software and
a myriad of other items that will make your cell phone
unique and customized to meet your personal needs
and tastes.
more on Ringtones Central
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04/10/2006 Blocking Access |
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed
legal briefs and evidence in an effort to put a stop
to AT&T routinely giving the US government direct
access to Americans' Internet communications.
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04/09/2006 RIM Partnering
with Yahoo |
Research In Motion Inc. on Wednesday said it plans
to add Yahoo Inc. Web services to the BlackBerry,
including email, instant messaging and search.
Later this year, new BlackBerries will include
icons that will give users of the mobile device single-click
access to Yahoo services from the Blackberry's main
screen, a Yahoo spokesman said. Current BlackBerry
users will be able to download the services in a couple
of weeks.
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04/04/2006 .Mobi Coming
Soon |
Mobile Top Level Domain (mTLD), the company behind
the .mobi domain, will begin registering Internet
addresses in May geared toward mobile devices, a company
executive said Wednesday.
The domain suffix comes with a new set of design standards
that dotMobi chief executive officer Neil Edwards
said will make the Internet more accessible on tiny,
portable screens.
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04/04/2006 Mobile Mapquest |
AOL unit MapQuest on Monday unveiled a mobile map
service that customers can use on their cellular phones,
complete with voice directions, text and maps in a
bid to expand on the popularity of its Internet maps.
Mobile Mapquest
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04/04/2006 Cell Phones
are Annoying |
According to a Canadian Poll:
Even cellphone users get irritated at others who
yak on their portables about their personal business
in public.
An AP-AOL-Pew poll found the offended don't think
they are among the callers who get on other people's
nerves. Most cell users find their phones very useful,
with half keeping them on all the time. But almost
nine in 10 say they encounter others using those phones
in an annoying way. Only eight per cent of cell users
acknowledge their own use of cellphones is sometimes
rude.
Complete Article
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04/03/2006 Motorola Focuses
on Cellular |
Motorola Inc. said Monday it is selling its automotive
electronics business to German tire company Continental
AG for about $1 billion, enabling the cell-phone maker
to focus more exclusively on communications technology.
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