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.

Nokia Widens Lead While Motorola Sales Plunge

According to market researcher iSuppli, Nokia is still outselling its competitors in the mobile-phone handset market by more than two to one, and the company's market share increased from the second quarter.

The analyst firm said that Samsung remains Nokia's closest competitor. Nokia, however, controls 39.5 percent share of the market, while Samsung shipped only 15.1 percent of those phones sold during the third quarter.

Motorola, Sony, and LG rounded out the top five, although iSuppli cautioned that Motorola's market share estimate should be considered preliminary until Motorola reports its earnings later on Thursday morning. Motorola recorded a 12.9 percent market share, while Sony and LG recorded 9.2 percent and 7.7 percent, respectively.

Motorola Inc. said Thursday its profit plunged 94 percent in the third quarter on sharply lower sales, but the ailing cell-phone maker showed signs of improvement in its cell-phone business and painted a more upbeat outlook for its future.

(October 25, 2007)

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