Students recognize reliance on cell phones in response to North Korean ban

By: Hannah Byrne One hundred days without 3G. A government that is already notorious for secluding themselves from the world, North Korea has announced that any citizen seen using a cell phone within the 100 days of mourning for previous leader Kim

New Ting cell phone service turns contracts on their head

Ting's online calculator challenges the status quo of contract wireless providers. (Credit: Screenshot by Jessica Dolcourt/CNET) How about this for a crazy idea: a cell phone plan that charges you separately for each voice minute, message, and megabyte. Meet Ting , launched yesterday by Tucows . The new cell phone service for U.S. customers turns the conventional contract on its head by offering ...

North Korea labels cell phone users "war criminals" during mourning period

The notoriously secluded and isolationist country actually has around 1 million cell phone users on a 3G network. read more

Slim May Pour $14B Into Latin American Cell Phone Empire

The world?s richest man wants to make sure his cell-phone company America Movil, the largest in Latin America, remains that way. To do so, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu could invest at least $13.9 billion to grow the network in Brazil and Mexico this year, analysts said. Their estimates follow America Movil?s announcement last week that it plans [...]

Carlos Slim May Pour $14 Billion To Strengthen Latin American Cell Phone Empire??

The world?s richest man wants to make sure his cell-phone company America Movil, the largest in Latin America, remains that way. To do so, Mexican billionaire??Carlos Slim Helu could invest at least $13.9 billion to grow the network in Brazil and Mexico this year, analysts said. Their estimates follow America Movil?s announcement last week??that it??plans ...