By Jeff Bell Telemarketers would have a tougher time dialing up cellular phone customers if three U.S. senators, including Ohio's Sherrod Brown, get their way. Brown, a Democrat, and Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Arlen Specter, R-Pa., have introduced the Wireless 411 Privacy Act to protect cell phone customers from unwillingly having their numbers listed in directories. Under the bill, cell phone customers could not be listed in any directory without their permission. Cellular companies would also be required to give consumers clear notice of their right not to be listed. The rules would...
Wachovia to pay up to $144M to settle telemarketing claims
Orlando Sentinel
Orlando Sentinel
WASHINGTON - Wachovia Corp. has agreed to pay an estimated $144 million to settle federal allegations that it failed to stop telemarketers charged with taking advantage of thousands of elderly consumers. The federal...
Junique finds his forte in telemarketing
The Star
The Star
LAURENT Junique realised his dream of becoming an entrepreneur when he launched his business call centre services firm Teledirect Telecom-merce in 1995. "At the back of my mind, I had always wanted to be an entrepreneur...
Giving a New Wireless Phone to Mom, Dad or Grads in the Family? Recycle the Old Phone With Verizon Wireless' HopeLine Program
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Verizon Wireless to introduce Linux phones
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK - is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from , and and expects it to become the "preferred"...
AT&T to broadcast television shows to mobile phones -
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
42 minutes ago SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - US telecom giant AT&T announced Thursday it is launching a mobile telephone television service in a partnership with MediaFLO USA....
Cell phone firms delay Web filtering
Daily Yomiuri
Daily Yomiuri
Four major cell phone and personal handyphone system (PHS) operators have decided to postpone implementation of a measure obliging all existing underage subscribers to join Web site filtering services. Three cell phone...
Cell Phones May Interfere With Medical Devices
Scientific American
Scientific American
If you're going to the hospital, you may want to leave your cell phone at home. According to the results of a study that appears in the January issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, cellular phones interfere with the...
EZCorp shares drop despite quarter's strong sales; utility agency OK's lowering phone-bill tax
Austin American Statesman
Austin American Statesman
PAWN SHOPS AND PAYDAY LOANS EZCorp shares drop despite quarter's strong sales Shares of Austin-based EZCorp Inc. fell more than 12 percent Friday, despite a strong second-quarter report from the pawn shop operator and...
Best Buy puts $2.1 billion into European cell phone retailer
Buffalo News
Buffalo News
Best Buy Co. Inc., the biggest U.S. electronics retailer, is paying $2.1 billion for a 50 percent stake in Europe's largest cell phone retailer, the companies announced Thursday. The Carphone Warehouse will add its 2,400...
Mobile phone firms overcharge by £1bn a year
The Times
The Times
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } The "big four" mobile phone companies have been accused of overcharging their customers by £1 billion a year with artificially high...
MIT Glimpses Future of Google's Cell Phone Operating System
Newsfactor
Newsfactor
What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer science students this semester when he gave them one assignment:...


