LAS VEGAS-Vox2 Inc. announced its Vox.Link, a wireless device that merges cellular phones with standard phone lines in homes or offices, is now available for Motorola cellular phones.The company said Vox.Link now works with Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola phones.
Despite recent studies pointing the other way, a tumor of doubt still remains as to whether the use of cellular phones can cause cancer.Two new studies, one sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and the other by the American Health Foundation, last week confirmed...
As the debate rages on in Britain over the possible health effects cellular phones may have on children, a recent survey from London-based NOP Research Group showed that one in 10 British adults planned to give a mobile phone as a present for Christmas,...
WASHINGTON-A new book describes top cellular lobbyist Thomas Wheeler as obsessed with controlling public relations for industry-funded mobile phone-cancer research conducted in the 1990s and claims he attempted extraordinary measures to downplay suspected health risks.In "Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age," Dr. George...
NORTHBOROUGH, Mass.-Vox2 Inc. announced its new Vox.Link, which combines cellular phones with other traditional phones in a home or office, will be available from Hello Direct Inc.Vox.Link, a cellular base station, makes incoming calls ring on very phone in a home or office.
While the latest wireless handsets feature such technological advancements as wireless Internet access, short message service and ever-decreasing size, the power sources needed to supply those functions have been left out of the limelight. Battery manufacturers are quick to point out that without the...
Starting Jan. 1, several cities in Utah, including Salt Lake City, Cedar City and South Salt Lake, will levy a $1-per-month tax on cellular phones to tap what city officials see as a substantial revenue source.Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson first proposed the...
ITHACA, N.Y.-Cornell University announced it will open a laboratory to design and test radio-frequency integrated circuits, including those in cellular phones and wireless devices.The Cornell Broadband Communications Research Laboratory will include a file server and 25 high-performance RS-6000 workstations. The lab will be used...
NEW YORK-The battle over customer ownership in the emerging mobile-commerce market will evolve, by necessity, into a model of "coopetition," said Philip Yen, executive vice president of e-Visa International.Banks, credit-card companies, middleware providers, telecommunications operators and equipment manufacturers must and will join forces, each...
TOKYO-Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a leading market research firm in Japan, on 25 October announced Japanese mobile-phone users, including both cellular phones and PHS phones, reached 69.8 percent of the population, a 10-percent increase since the beginning of the year.According to NRI, the percentage...
NEW YORK-As viewed through rose-colored glasses, selling over cellular phones presents an enticing opportunity for advertisers and carriers to extend their reach and revenues.Clearly however, there are many potential interceptions in the way of the play for good consumer reception, said panelists participating in...
Mobile satellite services will shortly be available across the Middle East via the Thuraya network. United Arab Emirates-based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications has announced the launch of its Thuraya-1 satellite. The turnkey mobile satellite communications system was provided by Boeing Satellite Systems as part of...
ARLINGTON, Va.-U.S. factory sales of telecommunications equipment reached $47.9 billion for the first half of 2000, a 24.4 percent increase from the same period last year, according to the Telecommunications Industry Association."A 24-percent increase in factory sales of telecom equipment for the first half,...
MOSCOW-Russia finally returned cellular frequencies to two major carriers after Communications Minister Leonid Reiman canceled the orders stripping Mobile Telesystems (MTS) and Vimpelcom (BeeLine) of the spectrum.Earlier, Reiman suspended the orders of the frequency control agency Gossvyaznadzor that annulled the permission to use the...
JERUSALEM-The Israeli Ministry of Communications set a maximum uniform call termination tariff for all cellular networks in Israel. The new regulations will take effect Oct. 2.The rate for incoming calls to cellular phones was set at 13 cents through 2000 and drops to 10...
STAMFORD, Conn.-A new workplace study from Pitney Bowes Inc. revealed that cellular-phone use increased by 25 percent among U.S. workers during the past year.Pitney Bowes conducted the study on messaging practices in the 21st century with the Institute for the Future. It shows workers...
A new company soon expects to offer business-to-business mobile commerce services in Japan using software NTT DoCoMo uses in its wildly popular i-mode Internet applications for consumers.Redwood City, Calif.-based BroadVision Inc., venture capitalist H&Q Asia Pacific and three Japanese partners announced last week they...
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Trinidad and Tobago, a multiethnic Caribbean island off the northeastern coast of Venezuela, has become the first country in the Caribbean to introduce calling party pays (CPP).Apart from Puerto Rico, where competition has driven growth in users, most Caribbean island nations still have...
Audible clarity is not a strong suit for most cellular phones. Whether caused by poor reception, inadequate volume levels on a handset or noisy natural surroundings, cell-phone conversations can turn into yelling matches worthy of daytime talk shows.Israeli-based Waves Ltd. thinks its recently introduced...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. signed multiple distribution agreements with NetZero Inc., allowing STC to bundle NetZero's free Internet software with select STC product offerings.In return, NetZero will provide its 4 million subscribers a direct link to STC's Web site.STC said it plans to...
NEW YORK-The risks of using a cellular phone while driving "appear to be small compared to other daily risks, but are uncertain because existing research is limited and of uneven quality," a new Harvard Center for Risk Analysis report concluded.The Center, part of the...
TOKYO-Beginning in July, Japanese users of prepaid cellular phones will be required to show identification when purchasing a handset due to a regulation introduced following a series of crimes using prepaid phones.Urged by the government, cellular carriers decided to implement the regulation on prepaid...
NEW YORK-Manufacturers increasingly are planning to outsource production as more companies transition to the virtual manufacturing model, according to a recent Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. study.A substantial number of electronics manufacturers plan to outsource a collective average of 72 percent of production, a...
