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Cell Phones News Archive26-Dec-2008Counties want bigger cut of cell phone fees for 911 services (Memphis Commercial Appeal) Several Mississippi counties want the state to change the way fees for 911 service on Cell Phones are collected, a move that could bring millions of dollars to local governments. Sixty Percent of All Humanity Owns a Cell Phone (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News) Peace on earth, good cell to men... 3G Americas, the wireless industry trade association representing GSM devices, has announced that as of December 2008, four billion Cell Phones are currently in use, covering 60 percent of the world population. Cell phones in the classroom? Maybe (Pikes Peak Courier View) Students might some day be allowed to use their cell phones and personal laptops in Woodland Park RE-2 classrooms. After attending the annual Colorado Association of School Boards conference recently, several Woodland Park RE-2 School Board directors said they want to take a new look at how the district regulates electronic devices at school. Old cell phones can cause big trouble (The Oklahoman) The new features on cell phones these days are pretty amazing. They literally make the wireless universe seem like a playground for adults. While mobile phones have morphed into hi-tech communication tools, be advised that your new cell phone is not a toy.After the holiday season last year, public safety answering points in the Central Oklahoma region encountered several unintentional 911 calls ... Not all cell phones have GPS (Ravalli Republic) If you think calling 911 from your cell phone will automatically pinpoint your location for emergency dispatchers, think again. ?A lot of people make that assumption, but they?re wrong,? Joanna Hamilton, Ravalli County?s 911 director, said Monday. ?It?s a false sense of security.? Dead Ringers: Including Cell Phones In Casket Growing Trend (WTAE-TV Pittsburgh) Families are now burying loved ones with cell phones in an effort to feel close to the person who has passed on. Zoo, RTMC pairing to recycle old cell phones (Asheboro Courier-Tribune) ASHEBORO ? Making a difference ? one cell phone at a time. That?s the intent of a partnership that?s developed between the N.C. Zoo, N.C. Zoo Society and Randolph Telephone to keep discarded cell phones out of landfills and from harming the environment and people?s health. Smuggled cell phones concern prisons (Jefferson City News Tribune) KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The ?cell? in Cell Phones has taken on a whole new meaning, prison officials say. The smuggling of the phones among inmates has sparked some officials to push for a change in federal regulations to allow technology that jams cell phone signals.
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