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.

Western Union To Transfer Money Via Cell Pone

According to AP report, the Western Union is teaming up with cell phone service providers to develop a system that would allow consumers to transfer money from country to country via their mobile phones.

Western Union has successfully tested cell phone money-transfer services in a number of U.S. cities. It will work with the GSM Association, an international trade group of cell phone service providers, on commercial and technical issues to enable services to be offered internationally.

"Mobile money transfers are a key driver in the development of a potentially vast market for financial services delivered via the mobile phone," Rob Conway, the chief executive of GSMA, said in a statement.

The service, expected to be available in a pilot in the second quarter of 2008, will let consumers transfer money from a phone to a Western Union location, from a Western Union location to a phone, or from one phone to another.

(October 19, 2007)