Program is cash cow for cell phone cos.
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A decade-old telephone tax intended to help bring affordable service to rural areas has instead turned into something quite different: a bottomless and politically protected well of cash for cell phone companies that do big business in rural America.
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PhoneBites' cellular service inserts sound clips into conversations. Ridiculous? The same was said of the multibillion ring tone market.
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Early this month, several Web sites began offering software promising ringtones and screensavers for certain cell phones. But those who downloaded the software
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A combined PC, telephone and television is being used in aid projects in India.
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Business & money: Consumer group Which? calls for ban on mobile phone cashback deals
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A payment system that allows users to spend cash via their handsets is launched across the UK.
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Ring tones are so yesterday. If wireless companies have their way, the next multibillion-dollar surprise in the cellular business will be "Ringback" tones.
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In a blink of mere months, the mobile "smart" phone has been transformed from pricey corporate gadget to an affordable alternative for ordinary folk.
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The cell phone industry is banking on cell phone that seem more like personal assistants --dialing numbers, zapping text messages from fancy keyboards, taking pictures and serving as digital Rolodexes. -washingtonpost.com
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Fring is a cheap Internet-based phone service that runs over mobile networks.
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Make the moo jokes, make the methane jokes, make any joke you like -- but the One Laptop Per Child project is pondering the prospect of using cattle to generate electrical power for their low-cost computers. Has Bossy got what it takes to roam the information superhighway?
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You may have seen ads for services offering cheap &#39;&#39;Internet phone calls,&#39;&#39; or heard someone bragging about how little they pay for long distance because they have an Internet phone, and wondered what they were talking about.
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A new service promises cheaper mobile calls by exploiting VOIP, but it's not going to be easy. The big carriers must be considered, plus customers will have to punch lots of extra numbers. By Rachel Metz.
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Several Web sites recently began offering software promising ringtones and screen savers for certain cell phones. But those who downloaded the software found that it turned
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If using your cell phone in your house is an exercise in frustration, one of these three growing technologies could fix the problem.
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You know itâs been a strange week when youâre mulling over cellular plans for your pet. But I seem to be doing just that. Scottsdale, Ariz.-based PetsMobility Networks is developing a phone that clips to your dogâs collar. Fido can hear his masterâs voice and, I suppose, respond in kind. Iâm not entirely convinced this is a good idea. I can just see Apache running up my cell bills with crank calls (âDo you have Alpo in the can?â).
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The price of a cellphone might soon get higher because of a strange-but-true lobbying battle that took place over the past few months.