Wireless Service Providers (Radio)

New Testing Approaches for Mobile Phone Quality (SYS-CON Media)

5 Sep 2008

Unlike wireline service, mobile phones rely on often precarious over-the-air radio transmissions to carry time-sensitive voice traffic. Add to this the transforming of voice calls into IP-routed traffic; microphones and speakers disconnected from the device via Bluetooth; high-bandwidth competition from e-mail, data, and video downloads – plus multiple hand-offs between network elements, like ...

Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Alleging Cancer Risk From Cell Phone Use (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)

5 Sep 2008

In a major victory for cellular phone manufacturers and service providers, a federal judge has dismissed a consumer class action suit that accused the companies of conspiring to hide evidence that the radio frequency emissions from cell phones pose biological hazards including the risk of brain cancer.

Federal Judge Dismisses Suit Alleging Cancer Risk From Cell Phone Use (Law.com)

5 Sep 2008

In a major victory for cellular phone manufacturers and service providers, a federal judge has dismissed a consumer class action suit that accused the companies of conspiring to hide evidence that the radio frequency emissions from cell phones pose biological hazards including the risk of brain cancer. The judge concluded that the suit is pre-empted by federal law because the Federal ...