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• Retrieval Dynamics Expands Application Mobile Listing Advantage(TM) Wireless MLS
  Mobile Listing Advantage(TM) Now Available on Motorola Phones From Nextel on Its All-Digital Network
  Author: Shawnee McRoberts - Date: January 31, 2006



• Will A Cell Phone Ban Hamper DC?
  The District of Columbia has joined two states in enacting a ban on the use of handheld cell phones while driving. The cell phone ban went into effect on the streets of the nation’s capitol city in July 2004. Will the cellular phone bans hamper life in this city of high-powered people who feel the need to be constantly connected?
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Verizon unveils GSM world phone
  Verizon Wireless GSM world phones are now available. The beauty of the new GSM world phones is that consumers can take them with them when they travel overseas. The world phone even allows users to keep the same phone number as they travel from place to place.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Can Cell Phone Laws Curb Rudeness?
  Many people are of the opinion that there out to be a law against cellular phone use in public venues. New York City has taken that opinion to heart and passed new cell phone laws that address not public safety but public courtesy. The city’s cellular phone laws went into effect in April 2003.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: April 13, 2005



• WHP Wireless Inc., is shipping its Cellsocket cellular phone accessory
  WHP Wireless Inc., which is committed to expanding the utility and convenience of all types of communication products, is shipping its Cellsocket cellular phone accessory. Cellsocket, which works with most Motorola cellular phone models, connects to any corded or cordless phone to allow users to conveniently make and receive calls from their home or office phone while using their cellular service.
  Author: Hayden Nagell - Date: June 10, 2004



• Mitsubishi Electric and Kyocera introduce world’s smallest triple-band compatible E-GSM/DCS/PCS transmitter module
  The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc., today announced that its parent, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, and the Electronic Component Group of Kyocera Corporation have introduced the world’s smallest triple-band compatible E-GSM[1]/DCS[2]/PCS[3] transmitter module for cellular phone applications. The second product in a highly integrated transmitter module family jointly developed by the two companies, the device occupies only 0.1 cubic centimeter — a 50 percent size reduction from the family’s first product, introduced in July 2001. It also improves the effective power-amplifier efficiency by 5 to 8 percent, compared to a conventional power amplifier module solution.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 4, 2004



• QUALCOMM applauds end of selective availability for GPS
  QUALCOMM Incorporated, pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology, today endorsed the decision by the president to discontinue the policy, known as Selective Availability, of intentional degradation of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals. This decision reinforces the support for GPS as the technology of choice for public safety and commercial applications, and will further promote the broad commercial use of GPS by businesses and consumers around the world. In addition, the decision will provide the means for U.S. wireless carriers to meet the FCC\'s E9-1-1 wireless safety mandate.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 4, 2004



• Cell phone software launched to help golfers discover their game
  DigiAntix™ Corporation announced today the official launch of GolfAntix™, a subsidiary company that has created a breakthrough downloadable software application designed to help avid golfers dramatically improve their game. The software downloads easily onto Java-enabled cellular phones and acts as a mobile, digital golf pro - helping golfers reduce strokes by tracking scores, analyzing statistics, and identifying practice areas of their game.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: February 4, 2004



• Motorola celebrates 20-year anniversary of the world’s first commercial portable cellular phone
  Motorola will commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the world’s first commercial portable cellular phone, unveiled by the company in 1983, with the MOBILE Exhibition -- a visual history of the mobile phone, a technological marvel that has transformed our world. In 1983, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X phone was the first portable cellular phone to receive FCC type acceptance and become available for consumer purchase just a few months later -- igniting a frenzy of growth and consumer demand for personal wireless communication. The revolutionary DynaTAC 8000X phone will be on display at the MOBILE Exhibition in New York for the next two weeks, along with early prototypes, various mobile handsets, marketing pieces and narratives on mobile phone culture from the last twenty years which showcase the evolution of the industry.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 4, 2004



• AirCell advances toward inflight cell phone service
  AirCell, Inc. has received notification from the United States Patent Office that it has allowed a patent on an aircraft telecommunications technology which will permit passengers to use their personal cell phones while an aircraft is in-flight. The AirCell technology is a key step toward offering such a service to the world's airlines.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: February 4, 2004



• Globalstar USA lowers satellite phone prices
  Globalstar USA, a subsidiary of Vodafone AirTouch plc [VOD], today announced promotional satellite phone pricing to allow more people to make and receive calls where cellular service isn't available. First, Globalstar-compatible phones from Qualcomm are now available at the promotional price of $699 (with service commitment). Second, service subscription prices now start at $24.95 per month, with per-minute pricing for satellite service as low as 99 cents (US).
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: February 4, 2004



• Hold the Cell Phone: Morningstar Selects Nokia’s Jorma Ollila as CEO of the Year for 2000
  Morningstar, Inc. today named Jorma Ollila, head of Finland-based Nokia (NOK), the world’s largest manufacturer of cellular phones, as the Morningstar CEO of the Year for 2000.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 4, 2004



• Poweralert Service enables California OES announcement delivery
  The California Office of Emergency Services has designated Metrocall, Inc. and Iris Wireless as providers of a free text messaging service called "Poweralert." This service will notify California residents via any text-enabled pager, cell phone or PDA and e-mail address regardless of make, model, ISP or wireless carrier before rolling blackouts occur in their area. Iris Wireless--a company that has developed the first U.S. cross-platform, short text messaging capabilities--and Metrocall--one of the country's largest providers of wireless data and messaging services-- have teamed up to create the Poweralert service.
  Author: Yannick Allan - Date: February 2, 2004



• IDT Corporation launches IDT Global Access Service
  IDT Corporation today announced the launch of IDT Global Access, a service that allows all U.S. based cell phone users to make low cost international calls with rates up to 80% less than those charged by cellular providers.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: May 25, 2005



• Coalition plans wireless system in Iraq
  A DoD official spoke today about coalition plans to let contracts for a cellular phone system and to reconstruct the telecommunications system in Iraq. Linton Wells II, principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration, told Pentagon reporters that the cell phone system could be up and running by November.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 1, 2004



• LetsTalk significantly reduces corporate wireless expenses by offering new insight into mobile communications spending
  LetsTalk, a provider of enterprise wireless asset management software and an online wireless retailer, today announced a completely integrated Procurement Module that allows corporate telecommunication managers and individual employees to esearch and buy corporate-approved wireless devices and corporate-negotiated service plans. LetsTalk uses a company's existing wireless carrier contracts.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: January 30, 2004



• HRM announces safe cellular phone use policy
  A new safety policy announced today prohibits employees of the Halifax Regional Municipality from using cellular phones while operating an HRM-owned or leased vehicle, or while using their own vehicle on HRM business.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: January 30, 2004



• Cellular phones as bugging devices
  Cellular phones, seemingly innocent devices, are often used for carrying out illegal actions. Today, a major security threat is being acknowledged by more and more organizations worldwide - the use of cellular phones as bugging devices.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: January 30, 2004



• LetsTalk releases third annual survey showing surprising changes
  Online wireless retailer LetsTalk today announced the results of its third annual survey of cell phone etiquette that finds Americans frown on cell phones in movie theaters and cars, but it's now okay to take calls in the rest room.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: January 30, 2004



• Cellular phones, other wireless devices offer benefits and carry risks
  While the benefits to society are significant, cellular phones and other forms of wireless technology also create distractions that increase a driver's risk on the highways, a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration report has concluded. The concern about driver distractions is heightened by the rising popularity of cellular phones and the development of on-board navigation systems, portable facsimile machines and other wireless technologies for the car.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: January 27, 2004



• Find out about cellular telephones
  With so many cellular telephones available how do you choose the one that is right for you? Cellular telephones have become a totally fantastic accessory for the every day busy lifestyle. Companies like Nokia, Ericsson, Sprint, Samsung and ATT are all in high competition to give you the best cellular telephone.
  Author: Maria Verwindt - Date: October 14, 2001