May 5, 2008

T-Mobile USA launched its first commercial high-speed wireless service in New York City, and plans to expand the service to 20 to 25 other major U.S. markets by the end of the year.

April 23, 2008

The battle over cell phones in schools ended with the state's appeals court voting to uphold a ban on cell phones in public schools in New York city.

April 15, 2008

Cuban government has eased restrictions on buying cellular phones for the first time and also allowed registering those they had held illegally.

April 10, 2008

The FCC has approved a new nationwide alert system that will send text messages to cell phones to alert Americans when an emergency, disaster or attack occurs. The plan itself will deliver three different types of charge-free text alerts to mobile phone users.

April 8, 2008

The European Union has approved in-flight cell phone use for all of its 27 member nations. An on-board base station will relay phone signals to either a satellite or ground towers.

April 2, 2008

AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega said that AT&T was expecting a 3G iPhone within the next few months., when asked about plans to sell a third-generation (3G) iPhone.

T-Mobile Offers Home Phone Service

T-Mobile will test an Internet calling plan designed to replace consumers' home wireline-based phone service. The provider begins offering a $10 per month Internet-based phone service in Dallas and Seattle as an add-on to its mobile service.

T-Mobile subscribers will be able to make unlimited local and long distance calls from their home phones using the VoIP phone service dubbed T-Mobile HotSpot @Home Talk Forever Home Phone

Customers sign a two-year contract and buy a HotSpot @Home wireless router for $49.99. Regular corded or wireless home phones can plug into the router, and it will also be compatible with Wi-Fi- enabled cell phones.

T-Mobile's move is the latest in a transition toward merging traditional landline and mobile phone services.

(February 21, 2008)