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Committee calls for mobile phone health research
News The British Science and Technology Committee, not satisfied with the government's own investigations into the implications on health from mobile phone use, has called for more in-depth research. The House of Commons Report on Mobile Phones and...
[September 23, 1999, 11:09]
Mobile-phone payments to hit £151bn by 2013
News The annual gross transaction value of payments made via mobile phones to buy digital and physical goods is set to grow more than fivefold over the next five years, analyst house Juniper Research has predicted.
[July 2, 2008, 9:10]
UK mobile phone fee cuts will hurt operators
News Analytical sources: Sarah Randall and Ron Cowles, Gartner Research Recommended reading and related research On 1 June, 2004, Ofcom, the telecom regulator in the United Kingdom, ordered reductions in the fees mobile operators (Vodafone, O2, Orange...
[June 8, 2004, 12:10]
New mobile phone Java holds promise
News Among the dozens of partners in the group are Sun, mobile phone manufacturers, phone software companies and cell phone service providers. Companies such as Cingular Wireless and Verizon Wireless are now pushing news and sports scores to their...
[December 19, 2002, 8:00]
Mobile phone operators show off their figures
News Arguably the latest mobile research conducted by Oftel re-enforces the perception that services offered by the UK's big four are much-of-a-muchness, but it also provides consumers with a rare tangible evaluation of operators' comparative service...
[October 5, 1999, 11:48]
Mobile phone price cuts branded 'inadequate'
News Simon Buckingham, analyst at research group Mobile Streams, doesn't think that a 20 percent cut will be enough to make much of a difference for consumers. Industry experts today reacted coolly to reports that mobile phone call charges could soon be...
[August 20, 2001, 11:43]
Mobile phone makers hunt for 3G solution
News Quicksilver Technology chairman Chris Wheddon, who headed BT's research and development arm until 1999, said on Monday that the problems facing 3G phone makers are so serious that they will require new ways of thinking about mobile phone processor...
[May 14, 2002, 13:37]
Mobile phone sales soaring
News Strong first-quarter sales of mobile phones brighten the outlook for all of 2005, according to market research company Gartner. More phones are being sold, but profit margins are shrinking," Ben Wood, Gartner's research vice-president for mobile...
[May 31, 2005, 10:00]
Mobile phone sales hits 98 million
News Latest analyst research from Dataquest, a research arm of GartnerGroup, found that "Big Three" manufacturers dominated the global mobile phones market in the second quarter of 2000. According to senior Dataquest analyst Bryan Prohn, the mobile...
[September 18, 2000, 10:29]
Mobile phone manufacturers work on cancer shields
News The research looked at mobile phone use of 1,617 patients diagnosed with brain tumours between 1997 and last June. The big three mobile phone makers have been working on technology for over eight years to limit the amount of radiation a user is...
[June 11, 2001, 9:41]
Mobile phone companies slammed for targeting children
News Mobile phone companies have been strongly criticised by a leading UK scientist for encouraging children to buy their products. One mobile phone manufacturer, Ericsson, has already denied the accusations.
[September 5, 2001, 13:35]
Mobile phone users back Kerry
News The young cell phone crowd backs Kerry for president, according to a novel poll taken exclusively over mobile phones. The findings may address the concern that traditional polling efforts don't reach young people who strictly use a mobile phone.
[November 2, 2004, 9:59]
A Year Ago: Mobile phone becomes a universal remote
News Soon, your mobile phone won't just make calls -- it will program your VCR, store your personal calendar and even let you buy things in the high street. Where Bluetooth might find a real niche, however, is in the most popular piece of high-tech...
[June 19, 2001, 6:28]
Mobile phone becomes a universal remote
News Soon, your mobile phone won't just make calls -- it will program your VCR, store your personal calendar and even let you buy things in the high street. Where Bluetooth might find a real niche, however, is in the most popular piece of high-tech...
[June 19, 2000, 9:15]
Microsoft shows off mobile phone-PC prototype
News In addition to its phone-computing research efforts, Microsoft also has its pay-as-you-go FlexGo program for emerging countries. Microsoft on Thursday showed a prototype of a mobile phone-based computer that could one day find a use as a cheap PC...
[July 28, 2006, 10:40]
IBM earmarks $100m for mobile research
News IBM is to invest millions of dollars for research into new mobile services and capabilities. According to a United Nations-ITU survey published in March, about 60 percent of the world's population now use mobile phones, and there are about 4.1...
[June 18, 2009, 17:11]
Can your mobile phone impair your vision?
News New research from the University of Utah has revealed a potentially lethal "tunnel vision" that drivers get while talking on a mobile phone. New York is the only US state with laws punishing those who drive while talking on a handheld mobile phone.
[January 28, 2003, 8:01]
Report hints at minimum age for mobile phone use
News The inquiry will stress that there is no conclusive evidence to prove mobile phones are a health risk, but will call for further research in the non-thermal effects of mobiles to children in particular.
[May 11, 2000, 8:03]
Government to investigate mobile phone safety
News The announcement comes nearly two years after the Stewart Inquiry -- a government-backed investigation in the issue of mobile phone safely -- found no evidence of health dangers. Despite repeated assurances from mobile phone manufacturers that...
[January 25, 2002, 13:26]
Five mistakes to avoid when buying a mobile phone review
Reviews Picking the right mobile phone may not be a matter of life and death. You'll have to do some research: check out our readers' opinions, and poll friends and business associates. But it's a pain when, after only a month or two, you decide that your...
[October 24, 2002, 10:05]
