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10/27/2006 Draw Your
Text Message |
Pantech's PG-2800 phone allows users to text-message
others by drawing out characters with their fingers,
which the software then translates into numbers and
letters, depending on what the user was trying to draw
out. |
10/24/2006 Softbank to
Undercut Rivals Cell Phone Fees |
Softbank Corp., the smallest of Japan's three
cellphone operators, on Monday said it will offer
cheaper fees than NTT DoCoMo Inc. and KDDI Corp. and is
willing to cut prices further to
compete. |
10/24/2006 Prepaid
Cellular Limited |
WalMart Stores Inc. plans to limit each customer to
two prepaid cell phones per purchase amid complaints
that entrepreneurs are buying the subsidized handsets by
the hundreds to resell at a profit, according to people
familiar with the matter.
The new limit on
the phones, effective last week, was disclosed to The
Associated Press by persons at two national cell
carriers. They spoke on condition of anonymity because
WalMart's policy hasn't been
announced. |
10/24/2006 Text
Messaging still King With Mobile Phones |
Text messaging remains the most dominant mode of
mobile data communication, as high costs and cumbersome
procedures keep customers from fully embracing fancier
applications, industry players
say. |
10/24/2006 Cell Carriers
Target Hispanics |
Cingular, is converting signs, pamphlets
and other information in about 420 stores nationwide to
both English and Spanish. The project began in June and
is expected to be complete by the end of the year. And
they are not alone in targeting the Hispanic
population for cellular
services. |
10/20/2006 1 Billion
Cell Phones? |
Cell phone shipments rose 21 percent in the third
quarter, putting the industry within reach of exceeding
1 billion mobile phones worldwide this year, the
technology research firm IDC reported
Thursday. |
10/18/2006 AT & T
Looking to Make Concessions |
After AT&T and BellSouth had their merger
approved by the Department of Justice, the deal looked
all but done. The only obstacle remaining was a vote at
the FCC, which many observers expected to go AT&T's
way last Thursday. But the meeting was cancelled, and
now AT&T has offered some concessions and some cash
in an effort to get the deal approved.
Complete
Article |
10/17/2006 Cell Phone
Mergers Gone Awry |
A week ago, the AT&T-Bell South merger
appeared on track, , all but certain to receive final
governmental approval. Even the Department of Justice
approved the merger without conditions. Yet after
Friday's postponement of the FCC's vote, the final
approval of the merger seems more remote and tenuous
than ever. What happened?
Complete
Article |
10/16/2006 Cell Phone
Accessories Booming |
Cellphone accessories — from decorations, to
holsters to handsfree devices — bring in $1 billion a
year at the retail level in the U.S. and the market is
growing 10% to 15% annually, said Roger Entner, a
Boston-based analyst with the market research firm
Ovum. |
10/13/2006 Cell Phone
Disables |
A cellphone that automatically disables itself when
separated from its owner for too long is to be launched
by Japan's leading mobile telephone operator, NTT
DoCoMo. |
10/12/2006 Hotel Phone
Use Down |
A growing number of business travelers are using
their cellphones and other technology to avoid extra
charges for Internet access and telephone calls. For
hotels, a once-lucrative profit center is
disappearing. |
10/12/2006 Cingular
Wireless Sues Telemarketers for Unsolicited
Calls |
Cingular Wireless, a joint venture between AT&T
Inc. and BellSouth Corp. , on Tuesday said it filed
three lawsuits in a U.S. federal court against
telemarketers to stop them from making unsolicited and
illegal calls to Cingular
customers. |
10/11/2006 Mobile Phones
Taking Over |
Mobile phones have eclipsed landlines as
communication methods of choice for Americans, according
to an online survey by Harris Interactive.
The
survey found 58 per cent of people had a landline, while
74 per cent of people owned a mobile
phone. |
10/09/2006 Cashing in on
Text Messages |
A new cell phone service from MasterCard sends users
the location of the nearest ATM via SMS text
messaging.
Cashing in on Text
Messages |
10/09/2006 T-Mobile
Expanding Service |
T-Mobile USA is set to launch by year's end a new
breed of mobile phones that can pass live phone calls
between cellular and Wi-Fi networks, a top executive
told The Associated Press on
Friday. |
10/07/2006 ESPN Shutting
Down Service |
ESPN is closing down its cellphone company for
sports fans after less than a year, planning instead to
forge deals with other wireless operators to offer
Mobile ESPN's multimedia content, the majority-owned
subsidiary of Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday.
The Bristol, Conn.-based company
will continue providing wireless service and content for
its subscribers until the end of the year, refund the
purchase price for handsets and assist customers with
transferring their phone numbers to other carriers, ESPN
executives told The Associated
Press.
Complete Article
|
10/05/2006 PageGate -
Brand Destruction |
NotePage has maintained the brand PageGate since 1996. Now with the DC
Foley scandal heating up, the press is referring to the
scandal as PageGate. :-(
PageGate is network
software for sending text messages to wireless devices
(pagers, cell phones
etc...). |
10/03/2006 Screaming
Cell Phones! |
Now if your mobile telephone is stolen, you can
scream — and your phone can, too. A new service
launched Monday is designed to deter mobile phone theft
by equipping telephones with an ear-piercing scream.
The screaming won't stop
unless the battery is removed. Even if the thief
replaces the phone's SIM card, the handset will not
work.
Complete Article
|
10/03/2006 Alltell and
Midwest Wireless |
The Federal Communications Commission on Monday
approved rural telephone operator Alltel
Corp.'s $1 billion acquisition of Midwest
Wireless Holdings.
Last month, the U.S.
Justice Department said it would not oppose the deal
after imposing conditions which require Alltel to sell
some assets in four areas of rural
Minnesota. |
10/02/2006 Cingular
Lawsuit |
Cingular Wireless LLC, the nation's largest cell
phone provider, on Friday sued a private eye caught up
in the scandal over the HP leak
investigation, seeking to make him pay for allegedly
obtaining customer call records under false
pretenses.
Complete
Article |
09/29/2006 Japanese Coke
machines to accept cellphone credit payment |
US soft-drink giant Coca-Cola has said it will equip
its vending machines in Japan to accept credit payment
through mobile telephones, an increasingly popular money
option in the country. |
09/27/2006 Cell Phone
Vending Machines |
Shoppers craving the latest Motorola Inc. cell phones
and accessories will be able to buy them at automated
sales machines being installed in nearly two dozen malls
and airports nationwide. |
09/26/2006 Nokia Is
Socially Conscious |
Nokia said on September 21, it and other mobile
industry players have agreed on measures to reduce
pollution from the manufacturing and disposal of mobile
phones.
The group has agreed to reduce
energy consumption, stop using some hazardous materials,
improve the amount of phones collected through take-back
schemes and recycled, and give consumers more
environmental information about
products. |
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