Mobile-Phone Ban May Be Near End
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Tired of listening to travelers yakking on their cell phones in the airport lounge? You may have to put up it with in the cabin too, as regulators consider scrapping rules that ban use of most wireless devices in flight. By Joanna Glasner.
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By Alastair Jamieson Consumer Affairs Correspondent  PRICE cuts could be on the way for mobile phone customers after the telecoms watchdog ordered more restrictions on call charges and promised to investigate the cost of text messaging.
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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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The top telecommunications agency in the U.K. has proposed rules that would enable airline passengers to use their cell phones.
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The fixed line phone in the home could soon disappear, a study by mobile firm Nokia shows.
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It may soon no longer be considered quite so gauche, in the midst of a restaurant meal, to reach into one&#39;s pocket or purse for a cell phone.
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Hopes -- and worries -- that US regulators will soon end the ban on using wireless phones during US commercial flights are likely at least a year or two early, government officials and analysts say.
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The FCC is about to approve rules that could affect open access of wireless networks, including the portability of cell phones and applications.
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Popular program restricting cell phone use could also hamper emergency 911 services.
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MOBILE phone users left talking to themselves when their battery runs out in the middle of a call could soon see an end to their frustration as scientists perfect a way to recharge electrical equipment while on ...
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&quot;We cannot avoid this question any longer. It is very likely that treatment of VoIP will have some of the farthest reaching consequences of anything this commission
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It may be something of a teenage nightmare: limits on when a wireless phone can make and receive calls and to whom, restrictions on text messages and talk time, and set allowances for ring tones and other downloads &#151; all at a parent's fingertips.
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The cost of making mobile phone calls in Europe is set to fall after lawmakers backed plans to cap roaming fees.
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The mobile phone industry is turning its attention to the last untapped demographic - people over 65.
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Although mobile phones have long been a part of the business community, they are quietly becoming entrenched in personal lives.
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The company may not need to worry about a new ban on phones with its chips included after a judge recommended that the International Trade Commission conclude its investigation into complaints lodged by competitor Nokia.
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States are now barred from imposing telecommunications regulations on Net phone providers.