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Photo: Bollywood's cell-phone premiere

December 8, 2004 India's largest private mobile-phone service provider will play out a full-length movie on handsets. TAGS: cell phone, India, handset, service provider, mobile phone, movie, photograph

T-Mobile to use Nortel billing technology

July 6, 2004 A new "packet sniffing" product from the European cell phone service provider ensures correct billing. TAGS: Nortel Networks Corp., T-Mobile, cell phone service provider, billing, service provider, cell phone

Nextel races into the pit

June 24, 2004 New service will let customers use a cell phone to hear chit chat between a driver and pit crew. TAGS: Nextel Communications Inc., NASCAR, cell phone service provider, cell phone, service provider, U.S.

Feds seek limits on wiretap costs

April 13, 2004 New York's attorney general urges the FCC to put a cap on how much cell phone service providers charge law enforcement to wiretap calls. TAGS: Eliot Spitzer, cell phone service provider, law enforcement agency, CTIA, law enforcement, cell phone, service provider, attorney general, request, representative, New York, U.S.

Will unlocked cell phones free consumers?

January 24, 2007 Handset makers in the U.S. are dabbling in selling phones directly to consumers, but will the model be attractive enough to consumers? TAGS: Motorola Inc., Cingular Wireless, American Technology Research, cell phone, handset, carrier, T-Mobile, subscriber, service provider, U.S., Nokia Corp.

More cell phones, less satisfaction

April 13, 2005 Embrace of mobile phones shouldn't be confused with enthusiasm for service providers, study stresses. TAGS: Forrester Research Inc., household, mobile phone, cell phone, service provider, camera, U.S.

Regulators go after wireless spam

March 11, 2004 The Federal Communications Commission has begun crafting rules to head off a possible tidal wave of unwanted e-mails sent to cell phones. TAGS: BellSouth Corp., spam, cell phone service provider, CTIA, cell phone, wireless device, regulator, AT&T Corp., spokesman, service provider, e-mail, PC

Wireless price war hotter by the minute

February 2, 2004 America's three biggest cell phone service providers--Verizon Wireless, Cingular and AT&T--introduce new dialing plans and give away talk minutes. TAGS: cell phone service provider, BellSouth Corp., Verizon Wireless, service provider, AT&T Wireless, cell phone, subscriber, AT&T Corp., minute, T-Mobile, Cingular Wireless, Sprint Nextel, America, U.S.

Unlock the cell phone? It's a high-stakes debate

July 16, 2007 Allowing consumers to mix and match wireless gadgets and service providers could spark innovation--and compromise security. TAGS: operator, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Verizon Communications, mobile operator, AT&T Corp., cell phone, Wi-Fi, service provider, U.S., TV

Cisco buying WiMax start-up for $330 million

October 23, 2007 Networking equipment giant switches gears and takes the plunge into WiMax with the acquisition of Navini Networks. TAGS: Navini Networks, Cisco Systems Inc., wireless broadband, wireless technology, networking equipment, broadband, 3G, start-up, Motorola Inc., Wi-Fi, service provider, acquisition, radio, cell phone, U.S.

Wireless execs: Slump? What slump?

March 24, 2004 CEOs from two major U.S. cell phone service providers say Wall Street was wrong to say the cell phone industry was mired in a downturn. TAGS: downturn, cell phone service provider, Brad Smith, Verizon Communications, CTIA, cell phone, service provider, Cingular Wireless, exec, Wall Street, CEO, handset, conference, U.S.

Porting problems put carrier swaps on hold

January 22, 2004 Cell phone provider networks are still working out the bugs--and long delays--two months after a mandate that lets subscribers swap carriers and keep their old numbers. TAGS: cell phone service provider, Sprint Nextel, carrier, cell phone, phone provider, service provider, request, provider, subscriber, billing, spokesman, U.S.

Consumer group blasts cell phone lockdown

June 8, 2004 A lawsuit filed by the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights challenges the practice of "cell phone locking," when service providers force new customers to buy phones. TAGS: T-Mobile, BellSouth Corp., Cingular Wireless, cell phone, carrier, AT&T Wireless, lawsuit, practice, handset, AT&T Corp., service provider

Study: Wi-Fi cell phones will hit it big

June 27, 2006 Want to get Skype or Vonage on your cell phone? According to new research, you won't have to wait much longer. TAGS: Wi-Fi, eBay Inc., Skype, cell phone, VoIP, service provider

Rural roadblock awaits cell phone switchers

May 12, 2004 Two events Thursday will highlight how cell phone customers in rural areas probably won't be allowed to switch providers and keep their telephone numbers any time soon. TAGS: number portability, rural area, CTIA, cell phone, provider, Verizon Wireless, service provider, event, U.S.

Microsoft, Nokia aim for mobile domain

March 10, 2004 The two rivals form a venture with a handful of other companies to distribute Web addresses for mobile devices. Does the move signal a detente between the cell phone OS opponents? TAGS: venture, domain, Nokia Corp., cell phone service provider, cell phone, mobile device, service provider, Microsoft Corp., operating system

Japanese cell phone service rings in Linux

December 4, 2003 Japanese cell phone service provider NTT DoCoMo urges its handset suppliers to build Linux-based cell phones, a milestone for the operating system's acceptance by the wireless industry. TAGS: NTT DoCoMo Inc., Linux, supplier, cell phone service provider, handset, cell phone, handset maker, Symbian Inc., Motorola Inc., service provider, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Qualcomm brews tiny transactions

June 7, 2004 The company releases a new version of BREW that lets cell phone service providers broker "minitransactions" of a few nickels and dimes and small amounts of data. TAGS: Qualcomm Inc., cell phone service provider, service provider, transaction, Verizon Wireless, cell phone, games

Cingular dials in 3G

May 26, 2004 The cell phone service provider details its plans to test a wireless broadband network in Atlanta. TAGS: Cingular Wireless, Atlanta, 3G, BellSouth Corp., wireless broadband, UMTS, cell phone service provider, Lucent Technologies Inc., broadband network, service provider, bank, AT&T Corp., cell phone
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