Turn your phone into a free-call powerhouse
Today, let's switch on airplane mode and tune out our wireless carriers, their out-there monthly charges and long-term contractual obligations.
Telecom
Jun 4, 2014
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News tagged with voice calls
Cuba mobile email experiment causes chaos
On an island where most people have no Internet access, the arrival of mobile phone email service was embraced with joy. Tens of thousands of Cubans began emailing like crazy in March—for days, until the service started ...
Telecom
May 16, 2014
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Philippines allows phone use on planes
The Philippines' civil aviation authority said Tuesday it would allow passengers to use mobile phones and laptops to make calls and access the Internet during flights.
Telecom
Jan 1, 2014
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Agencies differ on allowing in-flight phone calls (Update)
Just because it is safe to use cellphones on a plane, it does not mean that passengers should call just to say hello.
Telecom
Dec 12, 2013
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AP-GfK poll: Strong opposition to in-flight calls
As federal regulators consider removing a decades-old prohibition on making phone calls on planes, a majority of Americans who fly oppose such a change, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.
Telecom
Dec 11, 2013
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If gov't backs in-flight calls, will the airlines?
The Federal Communications Commission might be ready to permit cellphone calls in flight. But what about the airlines?
Telecom
Nov 23, 2013
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Can you talk? Apple patent calls on iPhone status check system
(Phys.org) —An Apple iPhone invention would allow you to check the availability status of another iPhone user before you make the phone call. The advantage for the caller would be avoiding being dumped into voice mail without ...
China Telecom profit rises after it offers iPhone
State-owned China Telecom, the country's third biggest mobile phone operator by subscribers, said Wednesday that profits grew in the first half of the year as revenue from iPhone sales kicked in.
Business
Aug 21, 2013
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Blackberry's time has passed, as will the iPhone's—such is the way
You'll have seen the news about BlackBerry – the once undisputed champion in communications technology – essentially putting itself up for sale this week, and may be lamenting the decline of a tech giant. But dry your ...
Business
Aug 15, 2013
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Google wants to start a conversation
Search engine companies like Google, Microsoft and, to a lesser extent, Apple are trying their best to get users to stop typing in queries and to start using their voices to ask more conversational questions to perform searches ...
Internet
Aug 7, 2013
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