US lawmakers target pre-paid cellphone anonymity
US lawmakers unveiled a bill Wednesday to enable law enforcement to identify users of pre-paid cell phones, charging that anonymity makes the devices attractive to terrorists, drug kingpins and gangs.
View ArticlePrepaid phones gain popularity as users seek to lower bills
Sales have never been better for MetroPCS. The prepaid cell phone retailer broke records in the first and second quarter of 2010 with new subscribers to its no-contract, monthly flat-rate mobile service.
View ArticleCut-rate prepaid plans shake up wireless industry
(AP) -- As wireless carriers start reporting first-quarter results this week, investors will be looking at the effects of some spectacular price cuts for prepaid cell phone service.
View ArticleMotorola loss widens; analysts see worrisome signs
(AP) -- Motorola Inc. defeated low expectations Thursday, posting a smaller first-quarter loss than Wall Street had expected and regaining its position as the world's fourth-largest maker of cell phones.
View ArticleGreeks to register prepaid cell phones
(AP) -- Greece's prepaid mobile phone users will now have to register their identities in a bid to tackle illegal immigration and other crime, the communications minister said Tuesday.
View ArticleSprint Nextel to buy Virgin Mobile USA
(AP) -- Sprint Nextel Corp. is intensifying its focus on the fast-growing market for prepaid cell phone service with a $483 million deal to buy Virgin Mobile USA Inc.
View ArticleMicrosoft adds app access to non-smart phones
(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. is giving people with regular cell phones access to the same kinds of programs that smart phone owners have embraced.
View ArticleLawmakers seek prepaid cell crackdown, cite terror
(AP) -- Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce...
View ArticleFBI backs record-keeping on prepaid cell phones
(AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller has endorsed anti-terrorism legislation that would require prepaid cell-phone sellers to keep records of buyers' identities.
View ArticleVerizon to sell smart phones for prepaid service
(AP) -- Verizon Wireless on Thursday announced it's opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, such as people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by...
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