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Belgian Firm Creates Anti Cell Phone Radiation Chip
Dec 9, 2008, 11:20 AM
Omega Health, a company based in Belgium, has made a new chip that it claims counters the harmful electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell phones. According to Omega, its E-Waves ...   read

Study Finds Mobile Phone Users Worse Than Drunk Drivers
Mar 22, 2002, 3:57 PM
Motorists talking on mobile phones while driving are more dangerous than those who are over the legal alcohol limit, according to a report issued yesterday. Tests conducted by the ...   read

FTC: Radiation Shields Are Bogus
Feb 21, 2002, 10:16 AM
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said yesterday they had sued two companies that falsely claimed their products could block electromagnetic waves emitted from cell phones that some fear could ...   read

After Protests, E-Wave Anti-Radiation Chip Pulled
Dec 16, 2008, 1:30 PM
Last week, Omega Pharma announced a new chip that it claimed countered some negative affects created by cell phone radiation. After the announcement, the scientific community protested the chip ...   read

Nokia Siemens Runs LTE Tests with Four Device Companies
Oct 30, 2009, 7:30 AM
Nokia Siemens Networks recently conducted field tests of its Long Term Evolution base station equipment with 3GPP-compliant hardware from other manufacturers. Nokia Siemens conducted the tests in Dallas, Ulm, ...   read

Supreme Court Lets Radiation Suits Proceed
Nov 3, 2005, 3:39 PM
The Supreme Court has allowed five lawsuits against wireless phone manufacturers and carriers to proceed by refusing to hear an appeal on Monday. The class action suits allege the ...   read

Lawsuit Filed To Delay Spectrum Auction
Apr 28, 2006, 1:54 PM
A cofounder of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has filed suit against the FCC in a US district court today. Maria Gonzalez along with the EMR Policy Institue, ...   read

Morgan Stanley: CDMA2000 Leading In 3G
Aug 5, 2002, 12:28 PM
A recent report Morgan Stanley placed CDMA2000 in the leading position for delivering 3G services. The report concluded that CDMA2000 operators are ahead of their counterparts in offering commercial ...   read

Motorola Successfully Tests LTE in 700MHz Spectrum
Nov 3, 2008, 9:08 AM
Motorola announced that it has successfully completed voice and data tests of its Long Term Evolution equipment in the 700MHz spectrum band. The tests were conducted both in Motorola's ...   read

Government Clears Way For 1700 MHz Auctions
Dec 30, 2005, 2:10 PM
A report from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has cleared the way for the US's proposed 3G auction. The report concluded that transitioning government agencies to new ...   read

FCC: Free Wireless Internet Services Won't Interfere
Oct 13, 2008, 8:29 AM
The FCC issued its final report on the use of white space spectrum. It stated that any fears of interference are "overblown". The FCC report said in particular that ...   read

Nortel Hands Off LTE Call at 100Km Per Hour
Aug 26, 2008, 2:44 PM
Nortel has successfully handed off a call made using its Long Term Evolution technology at speeds near 100 kilometers per hour. The test was conducted using prototype network gear ...   read

Group Targets Hazardous Cell Phone Waste
May 13, 2002, 10:49 AM
New York-based Inform last Wednesday released a report highlighting environmental and health threats posed by discarded cell phones. By 2005, the group says, 130 million of the devices will ...   read

Motorola Launching Android Phone in 2009
Oct 20, 2008, 8:29 AM
BusinessWeek has confirmed some specs of a forthcoming phone from Motorola that will be based on the Android platform. According to the report, the Motorola Android phone will have ...   read

Old Cell Phones Donated to Battered Women
Nov 28, 2001, 5:00 PM
A California congressman's office has collected 1,000 used cell phones as part of a national campaign to donate the phones to battered women for use in emergencies. The phones ...   read

Fall Brings Two More Limited Edition Sidekicks
Oct 13, 2006, 12:17 AM
T-Mobile has announced that this fall they will again be launching 2 limited edition Sidekicks - one for the men and a one for the women. This year the ...   read

Sprint PCS to Offer 3G BlackBerry
May 28, 2002, 4:14 PM
In a report released today, BMO Nesbitt Burns analyst Ray Sharma noted that Sprint PCS, which is not yet an announced RIM customer, is expected to launch a BlackBerry ...   read

Cingular and TruePosition Annouce Successful E911 Test
Dec 14, 2001, 5:30 AM
In the first phase of the pre-deployment testing of its E911 technology conducted by Cingular Wireless and TruePosition, TruePosition's network-based Wireless Location System met the current FCC E911 mandate, ...   read

NTT DoCoMo Tests 4G Technology
Oct 10, 2002, 5:41 PM
NTT DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile phone operator, said yesterday it had successfully completed a transmission experiment for fourth-generation (4G) mobile communications. The transmission, conducted in an indoor environment, allowed ...   read