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Elma Seeks Numbers for Emergency Phone Alerts (East Aurora Advertiser)
The Town of Elma in August approved a contract with Emergency Communications Network, Inc. of Florida for its CodeRED high-speed telephone emergency notification services. The system gives town officials the ability to deliver pre-recorded emergency telephone notification/ information messages to targeted areas or to the entire town at a rate of up to 60,000 calls per hour.
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U.S. mobile users unplugging landlines (IT World)
More than one-quarter of mobile-phone users in the U.S. have effectively stopped using their fixed-line phones for voice calls, according to a survey by research company J.D. Power and Associates.
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Churchill Club podcast: From Cell Phones to Software & Services: One-on-One with Nokia's CEO (ZDNet)
Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes, sat down with Nokia President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo to discuss the mobile market. Kallasvuo has led the company for the past two years, but has held a variety of positions in his 28-year Nokia career, including heading its North American unit in the late 1990s. Kallasvuo talks about how Nokia is launching services and applications and doing battle ...
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T-Mobile accused of installation violations (San Francisco Chronicle)
Neighbors wondered why workers waited until late on a summer night to erect an antenna atop a building near the Bon Air shopping center in Greenbrae. As it turned out, the crew - allegedly working without the required permits - was installing the antenna for...
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U.S. Mobile Users Unplugging Landlines (PC World)
More than one-quarter of mobile-phone users in the U.S. have stopped using their fixed-line phones for voice calls, J.D. Power...
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Huntley residents, officials sound off on proposed phone tower (Northwest Herald)
HUNTLEY – What some residents call an eyesore, others tout as a “necessary evil.”
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Tyler Tech: A guide to buying low, cell-ing high (The Towerlight)
Cell phone shopping is an enormous pain. That's no secret. Getting bombarded with contracts and plans and add-ons nobody wants or needs is never fun. So for this week, I figure I'll divulge some tips and what to look out for on the market. First, the new top-of-the-line phone isn't always the best choice.
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Westerly drinking forum spotlights the high risk to Westerly teens (Westerly Sun)
A forum on underage drinking was held at Westerly Middle School on Friday. HEATHER LADD / THE SUN Charles Williams, chief of prevention and planning for RI Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, gives a speech to parents at a forum about underage drinking at Westerly Middle School.
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New motivation for couch potatoes. Take a walk, charge your mobile phone. (ZDNet)
Imagine keeping your mobile phone more or less perpetually charged just by walking out of the house in the morning. Is that a bit of green technology you'd be willing to spring for? Well sometime in mid-to-late 2009, start-up M2E Power says it will team up with at least one major manufacturer/distributor of mobile phone technology to provide an external charger that uses motion-producing ...
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Google 'Instant Bid' Wireless Patent Could Threaten Cellular, Wi-Fi Providers [Cell Phones] (Gizmodo)
If Android sputters out and fades away, Google might have another plan to shake up the phone industry. In a patent filed and 2007 and published this week, Google details plans for an "Instant Bid"...
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