WASHINGTON-A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against a North Carolina firm and a former driver, who-while reaching for a fallen cell phone-rammed his tractor trailer into the back of a school bus and killed a six-year-old girl in January.No details on the...
TelePlus Enterprises Inc.'s TelePlus Wireless Corp. subsidiary announced it will launch the TelePlus mobile virtual network operator to run on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s network via an agreement with Oregon-based Consumer Cellular Inc., an aggregator of AWS.TelePlus said it will sell TelePlus-branded wireless phones...
TelePlus Enterprises Inc.'s TelePlus Wireless Corp. subsidiary announced it will launch the TelePlus mobile virtual network operator to run on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s network via an agreement with Oregon-based Consumer Cellular Inc., an aggregator of AWS.TelePlus said it will sell TelePlus-branded wireless phones...
Verizon Wireless launched its Mobile Web 2.0 service, which the carrier said would provide customers easier access to news, tools and information content and the ability to read and send e-mail messages from their wireless handsets.The service, which builds on the carrier's original Mobile...
Two trends in wireless are colliding in the ongoing debate over whether people should talk on cell phones while driving. ExxonMobil Corp. last week announced a strict driver-safety policy that prohibits its employees from using cell phones while driving on company business. The company...
Expanding the current agreement between the two companies, Verizon Wireless and OnStar said they would launch America's Choice with OnStar service plans next month, allowing customers to use their Verizon Wireless phones outside vehicles and send calls from their handheld phones to OnStar-embedded in-vehicle...
WASHINGTON-A bill introduced in the California State Assembly would require mobile-phone carriers to obtain expressed written consent of subscribers in separate contracts before their phone numbers can be shared with the public, further fueling the directory controversy and forcing industry to take a defensive...
WASHINGTON-A bill introduced Tuesday in the California State Assembly would require mobile-phone carriers to obtain expressed written consent of subscribers in separate contracts before their phone numbers can be shared with the public, further fueling the directory controversy and forcing industry to take a...
A youth-oriented consumer survey released by the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association and the Foundation for Rural Service found that rural wireless customers between the ages of 18 and 24 could prove a more appealing target for rural telecommunications providers than their urban counterparts.The third...
ATLANTA, Ga.-Advanced Recognition Technologies announced LG Electronics selected its smARTspeak XGT embedded speech interface for its new 4500 series CDMA phones. "The demand for advanced technology cell phones is growing steadily," said Eran Aharonson, chief executive officer of ART, "and LG Electronics has earned...
Dear Editor,I read with interest your article on April 1 titled, "Research claims wireless not major threat to wireline," and wanted to share some thoughts on a couple of points.When the Phoenix Center claims that "Consumers do not generally consider wireless a good enough...
LEVITTOWN, Pa.-FTS Group Inc., an operator of Wi-Fi hot spots and retail wireless locations that market wireless products and services, announced it will acquire a privately held prepaid company based in the Midwest. According to FTS, the company it is acquiring has been profitable...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Cingular Wireless has partnered with Villanova University to upgrade the school's campuswide wireless system to handle voice, data and messaging. Through the partnership, Villanova's students, faculty and staff are offered special rates on calling plans, wireless phones equipped with advanced features...
Two weeks ago at the Rural Cellular Association meeting in Las Vegas, I had a discussion with Bob Sullivan, CEO of The Wireless Source, about his company's recycling efforts and wireless phone recycling in general and just how much work there still is to...
More than 70 percent of respondents to a recent survey by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. (RBRC) said they were unaware that cell phones are recyclable, even though nearly 90 percent said they would recycle phones if it was convenient. The survey of more...
WOBURN, Mass.-Verizon Wireless, as the official telecommunications sponsor of the Boston Marathon, has launched the Athlete Alert Program, allowing Verizon customers to track marathon runners on race day. The program allows spectators, friends and family to register to receive automatic updates on their wireless...
Both Honda Motor Co. Inc. and XM Satellite Radio today announced licenses for mobile data broadcasting technology from start-up Digital Fountain. Although the news is a relatively small blip on the wireless industry's radar, the potential of such deals is far reaching.Digital Fountain declined...
ATLANTA-CTIA's Wireless Foundation will partner with prepaid wireless service provider TracFone Wireless to distribute wireless phones to domestic violence victims. The phones and associated airtime will be donated to domestic violence shelters as part of the Foundation's Call to Protect program, which has provided...
HUNTINGTON, W.V.-Marshall University has partnered with West Virginia Wireless for a campus-wide expansion of Marshall's Mobile Alternative for Residents on Campus (MARC) wireless initiative, through which Marshall will provide wireless services to all of its student residents.The expansion builds on a pilot project that...
DENVER-Qwest Communications International Inc. launched its nationwide wireless voice service for residential and small business customers as part of its network-sharing agreement announced last year with Sprint PCS. Qwest said its nationwide plans start at $25 per month for 200 anytime calling minutes when...
CANNES, France-The MultiMediaCard Association introduced version 4.0 of the MultiMediaCard specification, which offers wider bus width, dual-voltage operation and higher transfer speeds.The new specification includes three key features. The wider bus width allows for host design flexibility and higher data transfer bandwidth at a...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an expanded agreement with instant messaging company America Online Inc. to install AOL's IM software in select AT&T Wireless mobile phones. Nokia Corp.'s 3100 and 3200 handsets for AT&T Wireless will be the first phones to feature the...
WASHINGTON-Legislation to combat wireless eavesdropping in rural American and to protect the location privacy of all Americans will be introduced this spring, said Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the Senate communications subcommittee."As more and more citizens use wireless phones as their primary communications...
WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell used the recent example of a National Football League player who made a mobile-phone call from the end zone after a touchdown to demonstrate the impacts of the digital migration."There on the gridiron, in the middle of the game, Joe...
