July 18, 2008

Long awaited day has finally arrived – many of the big name wireless providers are finally cutting the exorbitant fees usually charged for early terminations and cancellations.

July 17, 2008

Given the sheer number of different cell phones and mobile devices on the market today, choosing the right one can be difficult for consumers. WMUR 9 offers several different tips to help you choose the right device for you, so that you can make sure you get maximum efficiency at an affordable price.

July 16, 2008

It can if you live in San Francisco, according to the New York Times. In one of the most ambitious steps towards reducing the parking problem, San Francisco intends to test six thousand metered parking spaces that will, through a wireless sensor, be able to tell drivers which parking spots are available at any given moment.

July 14, 2008

UPI reveals that people living in Canada are receiving warnings from the Toronto Public Health department to limit the amount of time their children spend on the cell phones, due to increasing health concerns.

AT&T to Quit Pay Phone Business

With an enormous percentage o the American public using mobile phones, AT&T Inc. announced today plans to exit the shrinking pay phone business by the end of 2008.

To providers, pay phones are a pain to operate and maintain, subject to the elements, vandalism, and needing regular service and collection by way of a real life human being.

The company plans to phase out of the business as pay phone contracts with both public users and in prisons expire. The move will affect only AT&T’s own 13-state service area. BellSouth, which AT&T acquired last year, had already left the pay-phone business in its nine-state area.

Cell phones played a big role in killing the pay phone, acknowledged AT&T, which is also the nation’s biggest mobile operator. The number of pay phones in the U.S. fell from 2.6 million in 1997 to fewer than a million this year, the carrier said. In the same period, the number of cell phone subscribers rose from just 55 million to more than 250 million, according to the CTIA, a cellular trade group.

(December 3, 2007)

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