cellular phones

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

WASHINGTON-On land and in air, the ever-popular mobile phone-America’s favorite toy in the New Millennium-is creating headaches for government, industry and citizens, and raising serious safety questions with no easy …

For those people still neglecting to turn off their cellular phones in public places like movie theaters, churches and restaurants, a technology is in the works that will take the …

NEW YORK-Streaming multimedia via portable devices may be down the road a bit, but the image of a handheld computer or cellular phone as a photograph viewer already is moving …

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea said it would limit the number of licenses for operating much-coveted third-generation (3G) mobile services networks to three, adopt a modified “beauty contest” that will bring …

TOKYO-While the Japanese cellular phone market has been rapidly expanding, the paging industry is in decline. According to the Telecommunications Carriers Association (TCA), an industry association, Japan had 1.8 million …

TOKYO-Since NTT DoCoMo launched its iMode wireless data service in February 1999, the number of mobile Internet users in Japan-more than 10 million as of the end of May-has taken …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone research pact between the Food and Drug Administration and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has come under attack by the former chairman of the leading Canadian wireless association, …