News tagged with landline phones


MetroPCS mimics landline with family 'groupline'

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Regional wireless carrier MetroPCS Communications Inc. has a new feature designed to lure families getting rid of their landlines. The new service gives families one number that rings all their cell phones at once.





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FCC: Landline number move should take 1 day, not 4

Technology / Telecom

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The Federal Communications Commission voted Wednesday to force landline phone companies to act faster when their subscribers want to move their phone number to a rival service.


More cell phone users dropping landlines (AP)

Phone home and call likely answered on the cell

Technology / Telecom

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines. It is the ...


Sprint Nextel lowers mobile-to-mobile pricing

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sprint is offering unlimited minutes for calls made between mobile phones as competition in wireless pricing continues to intensify.


Vonage makes free international calls standard

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Unlimited domestic phone calls are nearly standard feature for landline plans these days. Now, Vonage Holdings Corp., which helped pioneer that feature with its Internet phone service, is expanding it to most international ...


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Let freedom ring with Google Voice

Technology / Internet

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With the exception of touch-tone phones, Caller ID and cell phones, talking on the phone hasn't changed a lot during the past few decades. That's a big reason why people are increasingly choosing to text, ...


In Brief: Fusion offers free VoIP to subscribers

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 19, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fusion Telecommunications International is offering free Internet phone services for all its global clients.


AT&T rolls out 3G MicroCell device in Charlotte

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AT&T's new device is what's known as a femtocell: a machine that plugs into your existing high-speed Internet connection and then broadcasts a cell phone signal throughout your house (or office or mountain lair, etc.). You ...


Mobile firm trades phones for bandwidth

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created Mar 09, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An Israeli mobile operator has been trading cell phones for smuggled land lines that interfere with its bandwidth.


Study: Internet use leads to more diverse networks

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A new study confirms what your 130 Facebook friends and scores of Twitter followers may have already told you: The Internet and mobile phones are not linked to social isolation.


Verizon profit falls 30 pct on restructuring costs (AP)

Verizon profit falls 30 pct on restructuring costs

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created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. reported a 30 percent drop in third-quarter earnings Monday as it couldn't sign up enough new subscribers to offset higher costs from laying off workers and absorbing an ...



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