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• Prepaid Cell Phones
  Prepaid cell phones allow you to "pay-as-you-go" with no service contracts, no credit check, no monthly cell phone bills, no activation fees, nationwide long distance, voice mail, caller ID and almost all of the features that normally come when you sign a cell phone contract
  Author: James Martell - Date: October 7, 2004



• China takes a new role in handset design
  China, the world’s largest cell phone consumer, is now becoming a hotbed of handset design. In the past year, major manufacturers have expanded design divisions and new design houses have emerged in China’s largest cities.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Cobite Cellular Management Looks at Ways to Reduce Costs
  Since 1988, Cobite has helped clients to develop and manage complex communications infrastructures. Cobite Cellular now offers complete outsourcing services for cellular management. Cost containment has been a particular area of focus.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Companies offering international cell phones
  For many years, it was impossible to use your US cell phone overseas. When you traveled, you had to buy separate international cell phones that didn’t work in the United States or rent international cell phones when you arrived at your destination. Now, companies are starting to introduce phones that are compatible with rest of the world.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Rental Of A Cell Phone Makes Travel Easier
  Cell phones are so much a part of everyday life that few travelers want to leave home without one when they travel abroad. Many companies now offer convenient, economical rental of a cell phone for travel. The rental of cell phones can make your trip easier and even save you some money on calls back home.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Surcharges Fund Location Of Cell Phone User
  Municipalities are looking for ways to fund new technology that will help emergency services pinpoint the location of cell phone user. Global Positioning Systems (GPS) now make it possible to determine the location of cell phone users who dial 911.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• TracFone Offers Nationwide Prepaid Cell Phone Service
  Finding prepaid cell phones can be as easy as going to a local discount store. TracFone, a leading provider of nationwide prepaid cellular service, sells its phones through a growing number of local retailers.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Cellular Phone Costs Go Beyond The Sticker Price
  It would be easy to be a savvy cellular consumer if all you had to do was look at cellular phone cost alone. You could line up phones with comparable features and look at the price tags. But cellular phone costs involve lots more than just the cost of the phone.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: January 7, 2006



• Cellular phone usage in public places can annoy and anger
  Some people seem clueless. They have no idea how to apply basic manners to cell phone usage in public places. Appropriate cell phone usage in public is mostly a matter of common sense.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Are Your Cell Phone Communications Secure?
  Perhaps you remember the horror stories for the 1990s. Both Newt Gingrich and Princess Diana had compromising cell phone communication picked up by police scanners and recorded. Are cell phone communications more secure today?
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Narrow Down Your Cell Phone Searches
  So you want to find a cellular phone. You sit down at the computer and Google the words “cell phone.” You get more than 12 million cell phone searches. If you weren’t already overwhelmed when searching for a cellular phone, you are now. But don’t give up. There are several helpful web sites that can lead you through your cellular phone searches.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: January 8, 2006



• Cellular Phone Donations Help Fight Domestic Violence
  Since 1996, the Donate a Phone/Call to Protect campaign has accepted cellular phone donations. More than 2 million cell phone donations have been received by the foundation that supports organizations working to end domestic violence.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: January 10, 2006



• Technology continues to improve cellular phone function
  There was a time when all a fully functional cell phone did was send and receive calls. Then someone added an application and the cellular phone function wars were underway. The gap between cellular phone function and computer functionality is narrowing by the minute.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Consumers Can Now Take Their Cell Phone Numbers With Them
  In May 2004, portability of local cell phone numbers went nationwide in the United States. This means that you can keep your cell phone numbers when switching to a new service provider.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Avoid Surprises with A Prepaid Cellular Phone
  Do you cringe when your cell phone bill arrives? Prepaid cellular phones can help you limit your minutes and avoid the surprise of unexpected phone charges. If you want to know exactly what your phone charges will be each month, prepaid cellular phones might be right for you.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 13, 2004



• Handheld devices popular in classrooms across America
  From elementary schoolrooms to college campuses, the handheld device, like those made by Palm and Handspring, are fast becoming must-have educational tools.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 10, 2004



• Cellular service movie plot keeps viewers on the edge of their seat
  You know you’ve reached the status of cultural icon when you have a movie named after you. A cellular service movie plot will be exposed on Sept. 10, 2004, when New Line Cinema will release “Cellular,” a movie starring Kim Bassinger and a Nokia 6600 cell phone.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 10, 2004



• Clearsky Mobile Media – Snap-And-Print Camera
  You’re on vacation and you snap a great picture with your camera phone. Clearsky Mobile Media has now created a way for you to turn that picture into postcards and trip souvenirs. The Clearsky Mobile Media Snap-and-Print camera phone printing solution was announced in March 2004.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: May 11, 2005



• Do Mobile Phone Bundles Save You Money?
  An increasing number of mobile service providers are offering mobile phone bundles as a pricing option to their customers. Mobile phone bundles combine the costs of mobile phone service with other communications services. Depending on the carrier, bundles for phones might include landline phone service, long distance, broadband and even cable television.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 8, 2004



• HP Develops Printing Mobile Phone Platform
  HP has developed a mobile phone platform that will allow users to print directly from their Nokia phones. The new mobile platform is officially known as the Mobile Print Application Software for Series 60 Imaging Phones.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 8, 2004



• Mobile Phones In The Movies
  Mobile phones have made it to the big time—the entertainment world big time. To start with, there is a major motion picture staring a mobile phone. “Cellular” with Kim Basinger and Chris Evans is set to open in September. On slightly smaller screens, movies shot by and made for mobile phone are being screened at film festivals around the world.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: April 20, 2005



• Mobile Phone Technology Encounters Its First Virus
  It was almost a coming-of-age event for mobile phone technology. The first known virus to be spread through mobile phone technology was discovered in June 2004. The creator of the virus sent it to anti-virus mobile phone companies, almost as a warning stating that mobile phone viruses are possible.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 8, 2004



• New Study Raises More Concern Over Cellular Phone Effect
  For years the question of cellular phone effect on human health has been debated. A new cellular phone effect research study at a university in Sweden has brought the debate back to the forefront. The study showed a link between cell phone exposure and brain damage in rats. Could the effects on humans be similar?
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 8, 2004



• Businesses and Governments Embrace Wireless Data Network
  Thanks to wireless data networks, more mobile workers in more industries are enjoying fully functional computer resources out in the field. New higher-speed wireless data networks are making the wireless solution more suitable for all kinds of business and government uses.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 8, 2004



• Cellular South BREW-based applications are now available
  Cellular South BREW based applications and services are now available to Cellular South customers. Cellular South serves cellular subscribers in a five-state area of the southern United States.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: September 8, 2004



• Charger For Portable Cell Phones Go Anywhere
  The upside of portable cell phones is that they can go anywhere. The downside is that they can run out of battery power anywhere. A charger for portable cell phones can solve the problem. One of the most popular portable cell phone chargers available is the Sidewinder.
  Author: Wendy Whittaker - Date: August 21, 2005



• Panasonic Mobile Communications intends to begin selling to operators in Europe this year
  Intellisync Corporation, a leading provider of synchronization and mobilization software, announced today that a version of Intellisync software will be bundled with SyncML-based mobile phones that Panasonic intends to begin selling to operators in Europe this year.
  Author: Warren Nielsen - Date: June 13, 2004



• Pre-pay mobile phone on Orange, Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile networks
  Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest customers are now ‘topping up’ their mobile phones without charge at the Banks’ cash machines around Britain. The simple to use service has been available since 22 April and has already proven to be a popular service with customers.
  Author: Gregory Stone - Date: June 12, 2004



• Multiple-SIM card use and fixed line replacement
  Cellular penetration in Australia is poised to reach natural saturation next year, with mobile device proliferation, multiple-SIM card use and fixed line replacement driving subscriptions beyond that point. Eighty-two percent of Australians are expected to own a mobile phone by the end of 2004, with that proportion rising to 89% in 2008, according to IDC's latest study titled, Upwardly Mobile: Australian Cellular 2004-2008 Forecast and Analysis.
  Author: Alan Delange - Date: June 11, 2004



• SIGOS recently announced that they were introducing a new WLAN test system at Cannes major mobile phone trade fair
  Wireless Local Area Networking was the star performer during trading over Christmas, in spite of concerns about security and patchy and often poor coverage. However, WLAN suppliers rely on test systems such as the one designed by SIGOS at Nuremberg.
  Author: Graham Millard - Date: June 11, 2004



• Cooper discusses opportunities facing the wireless internet
  The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee featured Martin Cooper in the first event of the 2002 Internet Caucus Speaker Series. Martin Cooper, creator of the first portable cellular phone while at Motorola is now Chairman, CEO and Founder of ArrayComm and introducing a new technology called i-BURST. i-BURST is a high-speed way to access the wireless Internet.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 8, 2004



• Motorola introduces new mobile phones at CTIA wireless show
  Motorola, a global leader in wireless communications, today revealed two new additions to the company’s growing 2003 mobile experience portfolio -- the Motorola E310 and V810. The new handsets deliver the latest technological advances in intelligent design, situational lighting, customizable music and interactive gaming – all brought together in full color.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 8, 2004



• Motorola launches the lightest TETRA handset ever
  Motorola’s attractively styled MTH500 was developed after extensive research amongst two-way radio customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Motorola’s research looked closely at their requirements for two-way communications and revealed two distinct segments, each with very different requirements of a two-way radio. In addition to the familiar user base of front line officers who require rugged, traditional style radios, the research found that undercover and second-line officers want all the benefits of a two-way radio packaged in a small, discreet and light device.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: July 3, 2005



• Prepaid cellular service debuts in Palau
  Palau National Cellular Inc (PNC), which became a wholly owned division of Palau National Communications Corporation (PNCC) on June 1, 2002, introduced prepaid cellular service to Palau this week. The new service offers cellular airtime rates as low as 15 cents a minute. Prepaid cellular phones can be used in PNC’s entire service area from Kayangel to Angaur.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: February 4, 2004



• RentCell adds international calling
  RentCell, Inc. -- One the fastest growing cell phone rental companies within the US -- announced today that international calling is now easier with RentCell's wireless phones.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 4, 2004



• Roadpost named cellular supplier to World Youth Day 2002
  From July 22 to 28, Pope John Paul II and an estimated 350,000 Catholic youth from 150 countries around the world will converge in Toronto, host city to World Youth Day 2002. To address the communications needs surrounding this event, Roadpost has been named the Cellular Supplier to World Youth Day 2002.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 4, 2004



• Cobite announces the release of Return on Investment White paper
  Cobite, a leading provider of Cellular Cost Management systems, announces today the immediate availability of a new white paper that provides guidelines to enterprises looking to reduce cellular and wireless related expenses.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 4, 2004



• Peer review set for NTP studies May 18
  Recent safety studies by the National Toxicology Program will be peer-reviewed at an open, public meeting May 18 by a subcommittee of the NTP Board of Scientific Counselors. The studies are of the sedative chloral hydrate; the moth ball ingredient napthalene; the meat and fish preservative sodium nitrite; an ingredient in hard or high temperature resistant plastics p,p'-Dichlorodiphenyl Sulfone, and indium phosphide, which is used in making solar cells, semi-conductors, lasers and photodiodes.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: February 4, 2004



• Osceola to benefit from cellular phone donations
  Community Vision, Inc. received a donation of cellular telephones today from Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA). The fifteen recycled phones will be distributed by Community Vision to Osceola school officials and/or women who are in dangerous domestic violence situations.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: February 4, 2004



• PNCI Cellular to expand coverage
  The project to expand coverage for PNCI cellular service is already underway, as promised to customers during the start-up phase of the company. Palau National Cellular, Inc. (PNCI) has experienced an overwhelming customer response since the company’s grand opening September 15, 2000. The new cellular service has proven to be very popular, thanks to its affordable rate plans and broad coverage of Palau, reaching from Angaur to Kayangel.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: February 4, 2004



• SGBOY leads the way in wireless communities
  The gay community in Singapore can now connect and interact with one another by just using their cellular phones on SGBOY's new Short-Message Service (SMS) based multi-service, SGBOY Out!. Powered by BuzzCity’s GAMMA technology, the system was designed exclusively for gay users in Singapore, making this service one of its kind in the world.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 3, 2004



• BUYPHONE.com and BellSouth sign an Internet Marketing Agreement for wireless phones and services
  BUYPHONE.com, North America’s leading e-tailer and comparison shopping service for wireless phones, has signed an Internet marketing agreement for nationwide marketing and distribution of wireless services with BellSouth Cellular Corp.
  Author: Yannik Allan - Date: February 3, 2004



• Ericsson awarded GPRS contract with Microcell Connexions in Canada
  Ericsson and Microcell Connexions Inc. have entered into a multimillion-dollar contract for the supply of a new high-speed Mobile Internet solution based on General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology. Ericsson has over 50 percent market share of the GPRS market with 47 commercial agreements and 44 test systems.
  Author: Yannick Allan - Date: January 12, 2006



• Nokia launches the Nokia 9000i Communicator in Canada
  Nokia today announced the availability of the GSM 1900 version of the award-winning Nokia 9000i Communicator, the world's first all-in-one communications device. The revolutionary Nokia 9000i Communicator combines digital voice and data services and personal organizer functions into a single, small-sized and easy-to-use unit and will be available from Microcell Solutions Inc.'s Fido main stores and selected distributors.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 2, 2004



• Use your mobile phone in total safety
  Belkin, the leading manufacturer of computer peripherals and accessories, today introduced its new lineup of Pro Series Hands-Frees for mobile phone users. Set to start shipping in North America on July 1, 2002, five new additions will join the ever-growing lineup of mobile accessories at Belkin.
  Author: Yannick Allan - Date: February 2, 2004



• Power up your cell phone anywhere
  Belkin, the leading manufacturer of computer peripherals and accessories, today introduced its new lineup of Gold Series Travel Chargers. Perfect for business travelers with multiple phones, the lineup consists of two great innovations in charging technology: the Gold Series World-Travel Charger and the Gold Series Mini-Folding Travel Charger. Both are set to begin shipping in North America on July 1, 2002.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: February 2, 2004



• Poll shows Americans are more interested in E-911 than other new phone features
  Three out of five Americans believe that the most important feature they would like to have in their wireless phone is the ability to have 911 dispatchers locate them in case of an emergency, according to a national study conducted by Harris Interactive. The study, commissioned by wireless retailer and enterprise solutions provider LetsTalk.com, asked more than 1,000 people what they felt was the most important feature in a wireless phone. Participants were able to rank their top three choices from 6 features.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: January 30, 2004



• Sears to distribute Nokia Cellular Phones in US
  Both companies emphasize quality and style, family and security. Nokia, the world's second largest manufacturer of cellular phones, and Sears today announced an agreement whereby the retail giant will distribute Nokia phones in its Brand Central departments throughout the United States.
  Author: Yen Hung - Date: January 29, 2004



• Free prepaid cell phone, take your communication to the next level
  Get your free prepaid cell phone and take your on the road communication to the next level of enjoyment! Why pay $49 to $199 dollars for a cell phone when you can get a prepaid cell phone for free? You will receive a free prepaid cell phone when you sign a one-year service contract with AT&T, Sprint or any other big cell phone provider. Best of all, an activation plan for your free prepaid cell phone starts at $29.99 a month. This affordable cellular plan is practical for everyone in all age groups.
  Author: Rene Tse - Date: November 17, 2001



• Cheap cell phones are here
  Looking for a great cellular telephone deal? Don’t want to spend a lot of money? Then why not go online and get cheap cell phones. You can find cheap cell phones that are new, refurbished or come with a service plan. These cellular telephone offers come with choice of free cellular telephone or a prepaid cellular telephone.
  Author: Maria Verwindt - Date: October 14, 2001



• Get a prepaid cellular phone today
  Why not try out a cellular telephone today? Are you afraid you will never get a cellular telephone? Well now you can rest easy because companies like Nokia, Samsung, Ericsson, ATT and Sprint are offering a prepaid cellular phone. Getting a prepaid cellular phone is easy because there is no credit check involved. So if you have less than perfect credit this prepaid cellular telephone could be your option.
  Author: Maria Verwindt - Date: October 14, 2001



• Now you can get a prepaid cellular phone to enjoy
  That’s right now is your chance to own a prepaid cellular phone. No more hassle making monthly payments on a cellular telephone. This totally fantastic offer allows you to have a prepaid cellular phone. Nokia, Ericsson, Sprint, Att and Samsung are all competing for your business and this is an absolutely great way to try out a cellular telephone.
  Author: Maria Verwindt - Date: June 24, 2001



• A free prepaid cellular phone is a totally fantastic offer for everyone
  Looking for an incentive to get a cell phone, well look no further now you have the option of a totally free prepaid cellular phone. Just imagine no contracts to sign, no credit is needed and no access fee. All you need to do for this free prepaid cellular phone offer is buy airtime cards. The airtime cards keep track of the minutes you talk and when it is time to renew you just buy another card.
  Author: Maria Verwindt - Date: June 13, 2001



• Here it is, the free service prepaid cellular phone offer
  Today there are cellular telephones everywhere. It is so hard to figure out which cellular best suits you. Now there is a free service prepaid cellular phone offer. With this free service offer, you can have a choice of which cellular plan is ideal for you. The free service prepaid cellular phone offer is an ideal way to find out what you totally need in a cellular phone.
  Author: Maria Verwindt - Date: June 13, 2001



• A free prepaid cell phone has key benefits to the cellular user
  A free prepaid cell phone is the same as a regular cellular telephone except for some different benefits. Why a free prepaid cell phone? What is the difference between a regular cell phone and a prepaid cellular phone? That is why companies like Nokia, Ericsson, Sprint, Att and Samsung are using advertising to make the consumer aware of their different options.
  Author: Maria Verwindt - Date: June 12, 2001



• Take advantage of the absolutely free prepaid cell phone offer
  Still looking for excuses as to why you can’t afford a cellular phone? Well look no further. Nokia, Ericsson, Sprint, Att and Samsung have decided to offer a free prepaid cell phone. Now is the time to go and get a cellular telephone and start enjoying all the benefits. No more looking for pay phones to make calls. Your free prepaid cell phone will give you what you are looking for.
  Author: Maria Verwindt - Date: June 12, 2001