In many a desk, a cell phone grave

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Fierce competition and technological advances in the cellular telephone industry are raising the number of discarded cellular phones. Approximately 25% of the 50 million cellular phone users own at least one cellular phone, according to technology research and consulting company Yankee Group. Carriers are battling for position in a cellular market that has tripled since 1992, the Yankee Group said. Other information from the report showed that 15% of all cellular subscribers changed carriers in 1997, and most of those customers obtained new telephones. Newer and more powerful digital telephones, which also have plummeted in price, prompt many users to retire their older models. It is difficult to donate to charity, probably because recipients also require a service contract to operate the phones. Recycling and trade-ins for upgrading represent other options.

Usage, Technology application, Smart phone, Smart phones

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Wireless phone will operate abroad

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Audiovox Corporation and Robert Bosch GmbH's Bosch Telecom unit are planning to release a wireless telephone that can work on different continents without any modification. The phone includes the global system for mobile communications (GSM) digital technology. GSM is the predominant wireless technology in international markets. The phone will probably be priced at $299. It would allow users to send or receive phone calls in foreign nations.

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Planning with Audivox to release a wireless telephone that can work on different continents without any modification

United States, Product introduction, Company Planning/Goals, New Products/Services, Audiovox Corp., Article, Bosch Telecom Inc.

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Researchers crack code in cell phones; possible to eavesdrop on millions of calls

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Researchers at Israel's Weizmann Institute claim to have broken the encryption code used to protect millions of cellular telephones. The A5/1 algorithm that was broken is part of the widely used Groupe Speciale Mobile telephone standard, used primarily in Europe. Though U.S. companies counter that the researchers' claims have no merit outside of academia, other experts are taking the data and voice security threat seriously.

Israel, Research, Safety and security measures, Product defects and recalls, Data encryption, Telecommunications equipment industry, Cellular telephone equipment industry, Eavesdropping

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