Cell phones

Millions in Federal Funds Used to Enhance Coverage to Macoupin County

SPRINGFIELD – October 7, 2009 -- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today commended U.S. Cellular for bringing improved cellular phone service to the people of Macoupin County. Governor Quinn’s visit comes after U.S. Cellular activated five additional service towers in the area by the end of 2009.

“Cell phone service is a fundamental necessity for personal and public safety as well as economic growth.” said Governor Quinn. “The people of Macoupin County have lacked adequate cellular service for years but, thankfully, they can now stay better connected to the people they care about most.”    » read more »

Bill aims to prevent inmates from using technology to commit crimes outside of prison walls

October 5, 2009 -- Washington, D.C. –U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced legislation to prevent inmates from using cell phones to commit crimes from inside prison walls.

The bill would close a loophole in federal law by prohibiting the use or possession of cell phones and wireless devices in federal prisons. The bill also would classify cell phones and wireless devices as contraband material. Anyone who provides, or attempts to provide, an inmate with a cell phone could face imprisonment of up to one year.    » read more »

August 8, 2008 -- TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has reached a $1 million settlement with a Hong Kong-based company that creates and distributes content for cell phones. Building on earlier agreements with advertising networks and a major wireless carrier, the agreement with MobileFunster, Inc., which does business as FunMobile, is the first CyberFraud agreement the Attorney General’s Office has negotiated with a mobile content provider and addresses another link in a business model that includes wireless carriers, billing aggregators, advertising networks, and content providers like FunMobile.    » read more »

May 23, 2008 -- Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers today announced a settlement with the Delaware-based wireless provider of cellular phones and service, United States Cellular Corporation (U.S. Cellular), operating out of Illinois, and its subsidiary, United States Cellular Operating Company of Medford, an Oregon corporation. An Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) was filed by Myers in Multnomah County Circuit Court. The AVC admits no law violation.    » read more »

Encouraging Donation of Used Cell Phones; Employee, State Cell Phones Headed to Soldiers

April 28, 2008, Anchorage, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is encouraging state employees to donate used cell phones to the Cell Phones for Soldiers project.

Cellphones for soldiers: Photo by Tom Eppenberger (CC)

In addition, Department of Administration Commissioner Annette Kreitzer will ensure that state cell phones that are no longer serviceable or in surplus will be donated to the project.    » read more »

April 18, 2008 -- HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett urged consumers to be alert for scam and "spam" text messages on their personal cell phones and urged consumers to never divulge personal information in response to an unsolicited text message.

Cellphone messages: Photo by Juli (CC)

Corbett explained that the Attorney General's Bureau of Consumer Protection has been receiving a steadily increasing number of complaints about unwanted cell phone text messages - primarily involving advertisements for prescription drugs and pornography.    » read more »

Disclosure to be Improved; Charitable Programs to Benefit

BALTIMORE, MD (April 4, 2008) - Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler today announced an agreement with all of the major United States wireless carriers as well as Asurion Protection Services, a provider of cell phone insurance protection policies to the customers of the carriers.    » read more »

December 12, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Arlen Specter (R-PA), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced the Wireless 411 Privacy Act, legislation to protect wireless telephone customers from having their cellular phone numbers listed in a national directory without their consent.    » read more »

Enhanced mobile search for Sprint features GPS and open Internet.

2007-09-04 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch today issued the following statement regarding SmartLimits for Wireless, a new web-based parental control feature for wireless service that AT&T is offering to its customers. The safety feature allows parents to block calls and text messages to and from numbers they don't approve, filter access to inappropriate Internet content, and teach their children to use their cell phones more responsibly.    » read more »

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Orlando, Fla., 8/14/2007 -- AAA’s well known proprietary travel information, mapping expertise and road service is now available on select GPS-enabled mobile phones via a newly launched service called AAA Mobile®, AAA announced today.

The service provides audible, turn-by-turn directions as well as information such as Diamond Ratings® for hotels and restaurants and points of interest found in AAA’s famous TourBook® guides.    » read more »

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