Hands-free ban for company staff
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Transport firm FirstGroup bans all its employees from using mobile phones even with legal hands-free kits.
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California on Friday banned motorists from talking on cell phones unless they use a headset or speakerphone, although the law will not take effect until July 1, 2008, to allow time to educate the public.
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A ban on patients and doctors using mobile phones in English hospitals is to be lifted, the government announces.
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A fruit and produce distributor in Chicago is using dual-mode mobile phones to enable workers to talk via a wireless LAN inside its warehouse and a cellular network outside the building.
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Anyone who obstructs emergency workers could face a fine of up to E5,000 under new legislation.
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IT managers were urged by security experts to develop careful policies about how employee-owned devices are used in the workplace.
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It may be wishful thinking, but a  Canadian government ministry has sent out a directive to its  employees urging them to relax and not to use their BlackBerry  smartphones at night or on weekends and holidays.
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Some states have enacted or are considering bans on driving while holding a cellphone, but studies have shown that hands-free and hand-held cellphones are equally distracting.
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Learn how to get away with working from home without letting your clients, your colleagues or maybe even your boss know that you're not chained to your desk at the office.
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The European Union head office this week proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc&#39;s maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an &quot;opt-out&quot; to the law.
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Carphone Warehouse cops Â£35k fine Ofcom has slapped susbstantial fines on four UK companies for "causing annoyance to consumers through the making of silent or abandoned calls" in contravention of the Communications Act 2003.â¦
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Cell phone owners will be allowed to break software locks on their handsets in order to use them with competing carriers under new copyright rules announced Wednesday.
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Employers have been warned that they could be held liable for comments made by their employees on "blogs" or in chat rooms.
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A startup is giving enterprises a way to roll out one phone for use inside and outside the office without a mobile operator's help.
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Airline travelers might be able to use their mobile phones and other wireless devices in the air under a proposal put forward by US communications regulators on Wednesday to ease the current ban.
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The FCC thinks it might be time to revoke the ban and make wireless Web surfing possible on flights. By Jim Nash. That tray table might still have to go up and your bag might still have to be stowed in the overhead bin.
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Federal regulators proposed Tuesday to loosen restrictions on executives' comments in the weeks before their company goes public in a stock sale, a move that could bring the first significant changes in 70 years to a traditional fixture known as the quiet period.