T-Mobile Orange Merger Threatened by Broadband Policy

The proposed merger between two of Britain's largest mobile phone operators - T-Mobile and Orange - has been thrown into doubt after a last minute intervention by the 5 mobile broadband networks and the Government....

Judge Blocks New Jersey Sexting Charges

A New Jersey judge has blocked the prosecution of three teenage girls over a sexting charge, following a request by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The ACLU argues that the images sent by the girls were not pornographic in nature, as they were not meant for...

Blackberry App World Announced

Blackberry's application store is now online, though it's the smartphone equivalent of a store with butcher-paper over its windows. Don't call it the "app store", though... the storefront is called App World. It...

Cell phones soon to work in the ocean

Now there really will be no chance of getting away from the rings of a cell phone. " The days of running off to sea to escape problems on land could be over as mobile connectivity hits the ocean. Irish mobile...

Motorola's Credit Rating: Junk Status

Motorola's corporate credit rating was lowered by Standard & Poor's to one level below investment grade. In other words, junk status.This rating drop is due to two years' seteady decline in mobile handset...

Cell Phone Signals Coming to Toronto Subway

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will be enabling cell phone coverage in subway tunnels, so commuters can annoy each other by shouting into their phones over the noise of the rumbling train, while...

Mobile Phones: New Market Tools for the Poor

Bangladesh’s poor can now buy and sell goods and services with their mobile phones, thanks to a Bangladeshi company’s pioneering mobile phone marketplace. The company, CellBazaar, serves as a useful role model...

Digital boom is about to hit the workplace

"Net Gen-ers watch less television than their parents do and they watch it differently. A Net Gen-er is more likely to turn on the computer and interact in several different windows, talk on the telephone, listen to music, do homework, read a magazine and watch television. TV...

Innovative Mobile Phone Applications Storm South

The pace of change in information technology in the South is impressive, and nowhere has it been more rapid than in the take-up of mobile phones. In the past three years China has become the world’s largest...

Beijing Subway Line 10: Finally With Mobile Signals

"It looks like the impasse between the Beijing Subway and the Chinese mobile telcos have finally given way. “In the name of the Olympics”, we are made to believe by the Subway company, mobile telephony...

AWS auction in Canada nearing its end

Aside from the well-known Rogers, Telus and Bell Mobility Canada will see new providers. As the auction currently stands as reported by wirelessnorth.ca the new providers are (likely -- it's not over yet) mostly Globalive (seems to be a totally new company), and Shaw (best...

How to Find Out Who a Mobile Phone Number Belongs to

If you are in need to find out who owns a phone number then you are not alone. There are actually a lot of people in the same situation as you and are not sure where to go to find out information about an unknown or mobile phone number.

In-Flight Cellphone Use Has Arrived

I always enjoyed the relaxing isolation that comes with getting on an aeroplane; there's nothing to do other than relax and enjoy the in-flight movie. However all that is about to change with the introduction of...

Mobile Phone Peacekeeping

In January this year UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon pointed out the urgent need for interesting and relevant content to attract Africans to the internet. Official statistics can make for grim reading: the...

Mobile Phones Interrupt Sleep Patterns

A recent study suggests that research radiation from mobile phones can cause insomnia, headaches, and confusion. Using a mobile phone before going to bed could stop you getting a decent night's sleep, reports a new survey. According to research funded by the Mobile...

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