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Bank of America loses a million customer records

Bank of America loses a million customer records

Insight Backup tapes containing the financial information for 1.2 million government employee credit cards have gone missing.

Monday, February 28 2005 03:38 PM

Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery


Bank of America loses a million customer records

Bank of America loses a million customer records

Techguide A "small" number of backup tapes with records detailing the financial information of government employees were lost in shipment to a backup center, Bank of America said.

Tuesday, May 31 2005 12:32 PM


Tech giants abuzz over VoIP for cell phones

Tech giants abuzz over VoIP for cell phones

News Sun Microsystems and others say Internet phone calling is the cell phone industry's next big thing, helping solve old problems and create new services.

Tuesday, March 23 2004 09:25 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, VoIP/IP telephony


North Korea restricting cell phone use

News The government is clamping down on cell phone use to prevent citizens from reporting the current food crisis, according to a news account.

Monday, October 27 2008 08:47 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, North Korea, Thailand, Cell Phone, phone, food, Times Story, News.com, blog, Web Site


Cell phone industry celebrates 25th birthday

News news analysis Twenty-five years ago Monday, the first ever commercial cell phone call was made, using a handset that cost nearly US$4,000.

Tuesday, October 14 2008 11:23 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Mobile, Cell Phone, Wireless, Service, phone, 4G, Ameritech, revenue


Samsung recalls Jitterbug phones

News Affected clamshells in the United States may fail to connect to emergency services when outside of a defined calling area, according to phone maker.

Wednesday, May 27 2009 11:27 AM

Tags: Cellular phones, Cell Phone, phone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., software upgrade, Cellular phones, cell phone service


Damaged undersea cables disrupting service

News Phone and Internet users in parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe are affected. How the cables were damaged is unclear.

Monday, December 22 2008 12:31 PM

Tags: Optical networking, Networking technology, Egypt, India, Bloomberg L.P., Europe, Cable, phone, Alexandria, Middle East


CEOs see wireless as answer to economic crisis

News Verizon and T-Mobile USA's CEOs say that wireless is a growth engine for the economy and could help pull the United States out of crisis.

Thursday, April 02 2009 09:21 AM

Tags: Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., wireless industry, wireless service, Wireless, T-Mobile, CEO, financial, network, industry


AT&T Wireless may be near 3G launch

News The wireless carrier schedules a briefing Tuesday about an "innovative new wireless service offer."

Tuesday, July 20 2004 02:18 PM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications


S. Korea drops Sun-only software mandate

News in brief South Korea's telephone ministry has reversed its decision to force South Korean cell phone service providers to use only Sun Microsystems download software to sell ring tone, games or other downloadable software.

Monday, April 26 2004 10:51 AM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms


Short Take: M1 IDD services available to all from April

News Phone users from other telcos will be able to access M1's international direct dial (IDD) service from next month.

Tuesday, March 27 2001 09:09 AM


Alcatel, Fujitsu team up for wireless speed

News French telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel is teaming up with Japanese giant Fujitsu to develop and build wireless technology that will speed up Web access for mobile devices.

Friday, June 01 2001 03:51 PM


Motorola to beep Everest climbers

News The last phone-free sanctuary has just been conquered: In a stunt to promote mobile messaging, three companies have joined hands to bring cell phones up Mount Everest.

Wednesday, April 16 2003 07:41 PM


Japanese cell phone service rings in Linux

News Japanese cell phone service provider NTT DoCoMo is urging its handset suppliers to build Linux-based cell phones, a milestone for the operating system's acceptance by the wireless industry.

Friday, December 05 2003 08:19 AM


Nokia Networks cuts 1,800 jobs

News Handset maker Nokia announced Thursday that it will eliminate 1,800 jobs in its struggling telephone network equipment division.

Friday, April 11 2003 09:37 AM


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