SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 09 / 22

African leaders will launch a global fund to help people in poor countries buy mobile phones and Internet access as a step out of poverty and into economic growth, the president of Senegal said on Wednesday, reports Reuters

"There are more telephones in Manhattan than in all Africa," President Abdoulaye Wade said at a news conference held on the sidelines of a

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NTT DoCoMo Inc said Tuesday the phone numbers of 56,396 of its clients were leaked after a personal computer containing the data was stolen in early Septembe

As early as April 2005, a new service using mobile phones equipped with global positioning systems will allow Canadian parents to monitor their teen's location, driving habits (including rate of speed) over the Internet, reports Ottawa Citize

A proposal for a wireless phone directory raises concerns in Congres

You can now order a pizza from the comfort of your mobile phone - if you live in Australia, according to SMS Response Australia's press release

"The system uses a combination of SMS and email: the customer SMS' their order to the store's numbe

More than half of consumers are unhappy with the price they pay for mobile calls, according to a study into the European mobile market by consultancy Capgemini, reports the BB

Market research firm TNS found that (American) children start carrying cell phones from age 10 to 14 -- roughly around the time they start becoming more active in after-school activities and start taking on more independence, reports the Mercury New

Florida's Channel 9 has discovered another controversial toy, a toy cell phone with a picture of Osama bin Laden on it with one word above it, "Kin

A latest study claims there is no scientific evidence that mobile phone use or exposure to base stations below internationally accepted levels pose a health risk, radiation authorities in the Nordic countries said on Tuesday, reports The Ag

An Israeli telecommunications firm has developed a telephone to help deaf people who can lip-read, the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot reported on Tuesday, reports IO