Dr. George Carlo has missed his true calling. Carlo, who led the six-year, $28 million effort to study any potential links between wireless phone use and cancer, should write self-help books, become a motivational speaker and tour the talk show circuit. He is worth...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless Inc. plans to file a waiver from the enhanced 911 Phase II rules, probably within the next two weeks, said Brian Fontes, Cingular vice president for federal relations, confirming hints made last month by Stephen Carter, Cingular's chief executive officer.Cingular chose the...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Verizon Wireless introduced a new option to its wireless service plans allowing customers to add Canada to their national SingleRate plan for an additional $10 per month. Customers who choose the option can use their monthly minutes to call to and from Canada,...
NEW YORK-Through manufacturing outsourcing and layoffs designed to return Ericsson Inc. to profitability, the company's Consumer Products Division will wind up this year with about 5,000 employees. That compares with 13,000 on staff at the end of 2000, Jan Wareby executive vice president of...
Wireless phones and driving appear to go together as well as coffee and doughnuts, according to an online consumer poll conducted by Verizon Wireless, which showed 95 percent of the more than 2,500 respondents admitted to making a phone call while driving.Of those coordinated...
WASHINGTON-If you are a congressman driving one Friday evening to Connecticut while holding a mobile phone in your hand, and your wife exclaims suddenly that you are driving erratically, what do you do?When this happened to Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-N.Y.), he introduced legislation...
WASHINGTON-The lawyer representing rural carriers hoping that a federal appeals court will overturn the enhanced 911 mandate because of the deletion of a cost-recovery mechanism was cautiously optimistic following oral argument last week notwithstanding the intense questioning he received."They were clearly disposed to be...
LOS ANGELES-Last week was a big one for wireless gaming enthusiasts, with dozens of announcements hitting the wires in conjunction with the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. A variety of companies, both large and small, announced their wireless gaming plans to take advantage...
As technologies continue to advance and third-generation becomes more imminent, the mobile phone may be moving back into the place it began-the car.An increasingly mobile work force has led many to believe wireless location-commerce and telematics may be the next best thing for the...
PHILADELPHIA-Zing Interactive Media reported an agreement to use AT&T Wireless' Free Connect offer to provide airtime-free, three-digit access to music and information services offered through partner radio stations.The Zing321 will allow radio listeners to dial #321 from their wireless phones and purchase music they...
One basic of writing a column is that the writer needs to have a strong opinion on the issue she is writing about. Normally, that is not a problem for me. I'm pretty opinionated. But I'm torn about whether I support hands-free legislation for...
DUE WEST, S.C.-In an experiment set to run through this fall, Sprint PCS has partnered with Erskine College to merge wireless phones with computer technology to improve classroom learning.An educational software program, "Beyond Question," that measures student retention and learning and was developed by...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless is encouraging people to visit its Web site and give their opinions about the responsible use of wireless phones while driving.The online survey is scheduled to run until May 15, with the results announced during Wireless Safety Week May 21-28.Verizon Wireless...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. introduced two wireless plans allowing its Total Freedom customers to share minutes by adding additional phones to their accounts or pool minutes among multiple accounts.The phone addition option allows customers to add another phone to a calling plan for $15...
NEW YORK-SV1, which last year introduced SafeTShield, an aftermarket earpiece cover to reduce radio-frequency emissions from wireless and cordless phones, will begin marketing the product through 7-Eleven stores in May.Since debuting the product a year ago, the Boca Raton, Fla., company said it has...
WASHINGTON-The Small Business Administration has warned the Federal Communications Commission that the FCC may have violated a law meant to protect small businesses when it removed the requirement that a cost-recovery mechanism be in place before carriers are required to implement enhanced 911 service."Advocacy...
WASHINGTON-RCR Wireless News has learned that a General Accounting Office report scheduled for release next month will sharply criticize the Federal Communications Commission and the Food and Drug Administration for not educating consumers sufficiently on mobile-phone health issues, but the government study will stop...
NEW YORK-Paris-based Telemedia.fr has positioned itself to help telecommunications and Internet content providers capitalize on the convenience sought by French consumers, who prefer dialing to surfing for information on their landline and wireless phones."We offer a response to the problem all these companies are...
Voice services are a tricky subject for wireless operators. While voice is regarded as the one true killer application for wireless carriers, many are forced to nearly give away voice service to keep up with the ultra-competitive wireless market.
While carriers try to differentiate their...
The big names walked into the building just as Elvis decided to leave.In spite of recent gloomy economic signals, Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Telecommunications Systems Co., Cisco Systems Inc. and Siemens AG believe they can leverage their resources and successful histories in other areas...
I've seen the future and it is m-commerce. M is for money, isn't it? Money or mobile, same thing, different pronunciation. At Accenture's Global Communications Forum last week in Miami Beach, the promise of m-commerce was underlined over and over by diverse executives in...
For the love of Java, three companies with two handsets have come together.Using Sun Microsystems' Java software in Motorola Inc.'s phones over Nextel Communications Inc.'s networks, the three companies are targeting both white collar and blue collar users.The particular wireless phones involved in the...
NEW YORK -The governor of New York and the leaders of both houses of the state Legislature said last week they will support legislation to prohibit handheld use of wireless phones while driving, except in emergencies.At separate news conferences held April 2 in the...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. has entered a two-year agreement with Kyocera Wireless Corp. to distribute wireless phones and accessories in the United States, Latin America and Asia.CellStar will provide distribution and fulfillment services for Kyocera's line of digital wireless phones and accessories, including the new...
